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 Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:34:00 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 Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 08'	South
Longitude:	138° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.73 meters/second, 1547.0 km/hour, 961.3 miles/hour or 835.3 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' 59.7"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.1"	960.95 mi	west	0° 00' 20.8"	0.40 mi	south	960.93 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 59.7"	6.41 mi	east	0° 08' 08.7"	9.34 mi	south	11.33 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 26'	North
Longitude:	10° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.30 meters/second, 1559.9 km/hour, 969.3 miles/hour or 842.3 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' 32.0"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 58.0"	969.11 mi	west	0° 07' 31.8"	8.63 mi	south	969.44 mi
24 hours	11° 07' 57.0"	742.42 mi	east	3° 19' 53.2"	229.04 mi	south	782.21 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	Mon 12:04 PM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	WSW
Cairns	Mon 12:34 PM	942 km	585 miles	509 nm	NE
Darwin	Mon 12:04 PM	1356 km	842 miles	732 nm	NW
Adelaide *	Mon 1:04 PM	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	S
Eucla	Mon 11:19 AM	1435 km	892 miles	775 nm	SW
Brisbane	Mon 12:34 PM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Mon 12:34 PM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	NE
Canberra *	Mon 1:34 PM	1777 km	1104 miles	959 nm	SSE
Sydney *	Mon 1:34 PM	1788 km	1111 miles	965 nm	SE
Melbourne *	Mon 1:34 PM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	SSE