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, December 9, 2012 at 00:26:00 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, December 9, 2012 at 00:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 50'	South
Longitude:	171° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.57 meters/second, 1539.2 km/hour, 956.4 miles/hour or 831.1 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"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.1"	956.09 mi	west	0° 00' 14.4"	0.28 mi	south	956.08 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 46.2"	7.20 mi	east	0° 05' 32.5"	6.36 mi	south	9.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 00:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 49'	South
Longitude:	109° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.11 meters/second, 1588.0 km/hour, 986.7 miles/hour or 857.4 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' 28.4"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.21 mi	south	16.45 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.2"	986.59 mi	west	0° 11' 13.9"	12.87 mi	south	986.40 mi
24 hours	13° 02' 24.9"	888.90 mi	east	4° 14' 46.1"	291.89 mi	south	929.40 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
Noumea	Sun 11:26 AM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	W
Port Vila	Sun 11:26 AM	645 km	401 miles	348 nm	NNW
Kingston	Sun 11:56 AM	765 km	476 miles	413 nm	SSW
Nadi *	Sun 1:26 PM	847 km	526 miles	457 nm	NE
Lautoka *	Sun 1:26 PM	865 km	537 miles	467 nm	NE
Suva *	Sun 1:26 PM	907 km	563 miles	490 nm	NE
Nukualofa	Sun 1:26 PM	1406 km	874 miles	759 nm	E
Auckland *	Sun 1:26 PM	1589 km	987 miles	858 nm	S
Funafuti	Sun 12:26 PM	1796 km	1116 miles	970 nm	NNE
Brisbane	Sun 10:26 AM	1911 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	WSW