Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and the Moon. It shows which parts of the Earth are in daylight and which are in night.

See where the moon is over the horizon

Total Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the Nov 13 – Nov 14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.
• At the moment, the Total phase of the eclipse is visible to anyone within the dark blue area surrounded by a red area on the map (red lines)
• The area under red lines are very close to see the same - but they see a partial eclipse

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.
• Different shades of darkness are used to indicate night; these shades are in order from lightest to darkest:
  • Civil Twilight (lightest shade)
  • Nautical Twilight
  • Astronomical Twilight
  • Night, no twilight (darkest)
• Latitude circles
  • NPC – Northern Polar Circle, or Arctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' N. At locations north of the Arctic Circle, the Sun is visible all day and night during a period before and after the June solstice.
  • NT – Northern Tropic, or Tropic of Cancer, is at latitude 23°26' N and is the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during June solstice, around June 21).
  • ST – Southern Tropic, or Tropic of Capricorn, is at latitude 23°26' S and is the southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during December solstice, around December 21).
  • SPC – Southern Polar Circle, or Antarctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' S. South of this latitude, the Sun is visible all day and night during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Map is generated based on images from NASA

Position of the Sun

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 15'	South
Longitude:	150° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.60 meters/second, 1586.2 km/hour, 985.6 miles/hour or 856.5 knots.The table below shows the Sun position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 59.9"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.1"	985.40 mi	west	0° 00' 39.0"	0.75 mi	south	985.37 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 26.3"	2.67 mi	east	0° 15' 26.6"	17.70 mi	south	17.90 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 35'	South
Longitude:	151° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.67 meters/second, 1518.0 km/hour, 943.2 miles/hour or 819.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 22.8"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 49.7"	943.00 mi	west	0° 06' 24.3"	7.34 mi	south	942.73 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 44.3"	988.77 mi	east	1° 53' 38.1"	130.28 mi	south	991.68 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Papeete	Tue 11:46 AM	141 km	88 miles	76 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Tue 11:46 AM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	WSW
Alofi	Tue 10:46 AM	2032 km	1262 miles	1097 nm	W
Adamstown	Tue 1:46 PM	2256 km	1402 miles	1218 nm	ESE
Apia *	Wed 11:46 AM	2309 km	1434 miles	1247 nm	W
Kiritimati	Wed 11:46 AM	2341 km	1455 miles	1264 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Wed 10:46 AM	2428 km	1508 miles	1311 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Wed 10:46 AM	2589 km	1609 miles	1398 nm	W
Suva *	Wed 10:46 AM	3265 km	2029 miles	1763 nm	W
Funafuti	Wed 9:46 AM	3428 km	2130 miles	1851 nm	WNW