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 Friday, December 7, 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 Friday, December 7, 2012 at 15:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 42'	South
Longitude:	55° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.00 meters/second, 1540.8 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 832.0 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' 59.7"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.6"	957.07 mi	west	0° 00' 15.9"	0.30 mi	south	957.06 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 36.7"	7.04 mi	east	0° 06' 09.4"	7.06 mi	south	9.97 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 15:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 24'	South
Longitude:	133° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.03 meters/second, 1612.9 km/hour, 1002.2 miles/hour or 870.9 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' 30.7"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.3"	1002.15 mi	west	0° 11' 55.1"	13.65 mi	south	1002.14 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 22.0"	827.92 mi	east	4° 43' 09.8"	324.32 mi	south	886.42 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 *	Fri 12:32 PM	43 km	27 miles	23 nm	WNW
Ciudad del Este *	Fri 12:32 PM	321 km	199 miles	173 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Fri 12:32 PM	369 km	230 miles	199 nm	SW
Encarnación *	Fri 12:32 PM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	S
Criciúma *	Fri 1:32 PM	894 km	556 miles	483 nm	SE
São Paulo *	Fri 1:32 PM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	E
Porto Alegre *	Fri 1:32 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	SSE
Brasilia *	Fri 1:32 PM	1095 km	680 miles	591 nm	NE
Sucre	Fri 11:32 AM	1108 km	689 miles	598 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 1:32 PM	1249 km	776 miles	674 nm	E