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

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 02:56:00 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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 02:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 34'	South
Longitude:	131° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.81 meters/second, 1583.3 km/hour, 983.8 miles/hour or 854.9 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"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.4"	983.60 mi	west	0° 00' 38.0"	0.73 mi	south	983.57 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 41.4"	2.94 mi	east	0° 15' 02.6"	17.25 mi	south	17.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 02:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	149° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.71 meters/second, 1496.6 km/hour, 929.9 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 21.8"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 52.1"	929.67 mi	west	0° 02' 00.6"	2.31 mi	south	929.57 mi
24 hours	15° 11' 20.1"	982.99 mi	east	0° 04' 20.1"	4.97 mi	south	982.77 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
Alice Springs	Thu 12:26 PM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	SSE
Darwin	Thu 12:26 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	N
Dili	Thu 11:56 AM	1297 km	806 miles	700 nm	NNW
Eucla	Thu 11:41 AM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	S
Cairns	Thu 12:56 PM	1485 km	922 miles	802 nm	E
Adelaide *	Thu 1:26 PM	1932 km	1201 miles	1043 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Thu 12:56 PM	1935 km	1202 miles	1045 nm	ENE
Manokwari	Thu 11:56 AM	1972 km	1225 miles	1065 nm	N
Makassar	Thu 10:56 AM	2010 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	NW
Jayapura	Thu 11:56 AM	2017 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	NNE