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 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 03:14:00 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 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 03:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 21'	South
Longitude:	128° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.07 meters/second, 1555.5 km/hour, 966.5 miles/hour or 839.9 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' 59.7"	16.11 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 47.1"	966.21 mi	west	0° 00' 26.0"	0.50 mi	south	966.19 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 11.3"	5.58 mi	east	0° 10' 13.4"	11.72 mi	south	12.98 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 03:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 56'	North
Longitude:	57° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.25 meters/second, 1520.1 km/hour, 944.6 miles/hour or 820.8 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' 31.1"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.06 mi	north	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 08.8"	944.31 mi	west	0° 03' 19.0"	3.81 mi	north	944.15 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 58.3"	755.59 mi	east	0° 53' 46.8"	61.66 mi	north	755.94 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	Wed 12:44 PM	636 km	395 miles	343 nm	ESE
Darwin	Wed 12:44 PM	1023 km	636 miles	552 nm	NNE
Eucla	Wed 11:59 AM	1145 km	712 miles	618 nm	S
Dili	Wed 12:14 PM	1444 km	898 miles	780 nm	NNW
Perth	Wed 11:14 AM	1699 km	1056 miles	917 nm	SW
Adelaide *	Wed 1:44 PM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	SSE
Cairns	Wed 1:14 PM	1910 km	1187 miles	1031 nm	ENE
Denpasar	Wed 11:14 AM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	NW
Makassar	Wed 11:14 AM	2031 km	1262 miles	1096 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Wed 10:14 AM	2281 km	1417 miles	1231 nm	NW