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 Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 15:32:00 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 Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 15:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 35'	South
Longitude:	55° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.35 meters/second, 1542.0 km/hour, 958.2 miles/hour or 832.6 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' 59.6"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.01 mi	south	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.9"	957.85 mi	west	0° 00' 17.0"	0.33 mi	south	957.83 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 29.3"	6.91 mi	east	0° 06' 36.1"	7.57 mi	south	10.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 15:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 20'	North
Longitude:	144° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.24 meters/second, 1617.3 km/hour, 1004.9 miles/hour or 873.2 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' 31.8"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 49.5"	1004.88 mi	west	0° 11' 41.1"	13.38 mi	south	1005.00 mi
24 hours	11° 27' 24.6"	792.32 mi	east	4° 44' 10.3"	325.44 mi	south	856.42 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
Pedro Juan Caballero *	Thu 12:32 PM	29 km	18 miles	16 nm	W
Ciudad del Este *	Thu 12:32 PM	335 km	208 miles	181 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Thu 12:32 PM	372 km	231 miles	201 nm	SW
Encarnación *	Thu 12:32 PM	527 km	328 miles	285 nm	S
São Paulo *	Thu 1:32 PM	910 km	566 miles	492 nm	E
Criciúma *	Thu 1:32 PM	910 km	566 miles	492 nm	SE
Porto Alegre *	Thu 1:32 PM	927 km	576 miles	500 nm	SSE
Sucre	Thu 11:32 AM	1094 km	680 miles	590 nm	WNW
Brasilia *	Thu 1:32 PM	1095 km	680 miles	591 nm	NE
Rosario	Thu 12:32 PM	1258 km	782 miles	679 nm	SSW