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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 00:44:00 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 Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 00:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 02'	South
Longitude:	164° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.57 meters/second, 1578.9 km/hour, 981.1 miles/hour or 852.5 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"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.5"	980.82 mi	west	0° 00' 36.3"	0.70 mi	south	980.79 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 05.2"	3.37 mi	east	0° 14' 24.1"	16.51 mi	south	16.85 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 00:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 33'	South
Longitude:	148° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.66 meters/second, 1510.8 km/hour, 938.7 miles/hour or 815.7 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' 23.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 50.4"	938.56 mi	west	0° 04' 54.4"	5.63 mi	north	938.81 mi
24 hours	14° 03' 35.5"	916.57 mi	east	2° 31' 07.4"	173.24 mi	north	939.51 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
Port Vila	Sat 11:44 AM	382 km	237 miles	206 nm	ENE
Noumea	Sat 11:44 AM	390 km	242 miles	211 nm	SSE
Honiara	Sat 11:44 AM	1192 km	741 miles	644 nm	NNW
Suva *	Sat 1:44 PM	1424 km	885 miles	769 nm	E
Brisbane	Sat 10:44 AM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	SW
Funafuti	Sat 12:44 PM	1929 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	NE
Cairns	Sat 10:44 AM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	W
Yaren	Sat 12:44 PM	2057 km	1278 miles	1111 nm	N
Nukualofa	Sat 1:44 PM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	E
Sydney *	Sat 11:44 AM	2136 km	1327 miles	1153 nm	SW