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 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 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 45'	South
Longitude:	150° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.30 meters/second, 1581.5 km/hour, 982.7 miles/hour or 853.9 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"	16.38 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.38 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.1"	982.45 mi	west	0° 00' 37.3"	0.71 mi	south	982.42 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 51.4"	3.12 mi	east	0° 14' 46.9"	16.95 mi	south	17.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	South
Longitude:	120° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.35 meters/second, 1495.3 km/hour, 929.1 miles/hour or 807.4 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' 22.1"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 11.6"	928.89 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	928.94 mi
24 hours	14° 53' 03.3"	962.11 mi	east	1° 05' 12.6"	74.77 mi	north	968.42 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	Thu 11:46 AM	173 km	108 miles	93 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Thu 11:46 AM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	WSW
Alofi	Thu 10:46 AM	2036 km	1265 miles	1099 nm	W
Adamstown	Thu 1:46 PM	2226 km	1383 miles	1202 nm	ESE
Apia *	Fri 11:46 AM	2327 km	1446 miles	1256 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 11:46 AM	2398 km	1490 miles	1295 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Fri 10:46 AM	2457 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Fri 10:46 AM	2587 km	1608 miles	1397 nm	W
Suva *	Fri 10:46 AM	3270 km	2032 miles	1766 nm	W
Funafuti	Fri 9:46 AM	3451 km	2145 miles	1864 nm	WNW