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 06:24:00 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 06:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 20'	South
Longitude:	80° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.78 meters/second, 1576.0 km/hour, 979.3 miles/hour or 851.0 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"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.8"	979.05 mi	west	0° 00' 35.3"	0.68 mi	south	979.02 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 20.2"	3.63 mi	east	0° 13' 58.3"	16.02 mi	south	16.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 18'	South
Longitude:	143° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.77 meters/second, 1543.6 km/hour, 959.1 miles/hour or 833.5 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' 26.4"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 33.4"	959.00 mi	west	0° 08' 12.1"	9.40 mi	north	959.38 mi
24 hours	12° 56' 20.8"	859.20 mi	east	3° 38' 33.8"	250.46 mi	north	902.03 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
Diego Garcia	Sun 12:24 PM	1562 km	970 miles	843 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Sun 10:24 AM	2362 km	1468 miles	1275 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Sun 10:24 AM	2574 km	1599 miles	1390 nm	W
Male	Sun 11:24 AM	2696 km	1675 miles	1456 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 11:54 AM	2900 km	1802 miles	1566 nm	N
Victoria	Sun 10:24 AM	3125 km	1942 miles	1687 nm	WNW
Jakarta	Sun 1:24 PM	3246 km	2017 miles	1753 nm	ENE
Antananarivo	Sun 9:24 AM	3416 km	2123 miles	1845 nm	W
Kuala Lumpur	Sun 2:24 PM	3435 km	2134 miles	1855 nm	NE
Port-aux-Francais	Sun 11:24 AM	3444 km	2140 miles	1860 nm	SSW