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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 00:34:00 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 Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 00:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 16'	South
Longitude:	167° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.94 meters/second, 1576.6 km/hour, 979.6 miles/hour or 851.3 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"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.9"	979.40 mi	west	0° 00' 35.5"	0.68 mi	south	979.37 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 17.3"	3.58 mi	east	0° 14' 03.4"	16.12 mi	south	16.51 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 00:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 04'	South
Longitude:	132° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.78 meters/second, 1536.4 km/hour, 954.7 miles/hour or 829.6 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' 25.9"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.15 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 59.6"	954.55 mi	west	0° 07' 39.0"	8.77 mi	north	954.92 mi
24 hours	13° 09' 36.0"	870.38 mi	east	3° 27' 41.0"	238.01 mi	north	909.56 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	Sun 11:34 AM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	NNE
Noumea	Sun 11:34 AM	350 km	217 miles	189 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sun 1:34 PM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	E
Honiara	Sun 11:34 AM	1360 km	845 miles	734 nm	NW
Funafuti	Sun 12:34 PM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	NE
Brisbane	Sun 10:34 AM	1736 km	1078 miles	937 nm	SW
Nukualofa	Sun 1:34 PM	1817 km	1129 miles	981 nm	E
Auckland *	Sun 1:34 PM	2072 km	1288 miles	1119 nm	SSE
Yaren	Sun 12:34 PM	2074 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	N
Sydney *	Sun 11:34 AM	2286 km	1421 miles	1234 nm	SW