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 10, 2012 at 06:26:00 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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 06:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 57'	South
Longitude:	81° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.21 meters/second, 1537.9 km/hour, 955.6 miles/hour or 830.4 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.9"	955.28 mi	west	0° 00' 13.0"	0.25 mi	south	955.27 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 54.2"	7.33 mi	east	0° 04' 58.5"	5.71 mi	south	9.29 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 06:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 01'	South
Longitude:	36° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.05 meters/second, 1551.8 km/hour, 964.2 miles/hour or 837.9 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' 25.7"	16.07 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 40.4"	964.01 mi	west	0° 09' 17.4"	10.65 mi	south	963.72 mi
24 hours	14° 09' 15.7"	945.74 mi	east	3° 15' 04.1"	223.58 mi	south	964.29 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
Diego Garcia	Mon 12:26 PM	1980 km	1230 miles	1069 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Mon 10:26 AM	2497 km	1551 miles	1348 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Mon 10:26 AM	2692 km	1673 miles	1454 nm	W
Port-aux-Francais	Mon 11:26 AM	3091 km	1921 miles	1669 nm	SSW
Male	Mon 11:26 AM	3122 km	1940 miles	1686 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Mon 1:26 PM	3296 km	2048 miles	1780 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:56 AM	3304 km	2053 miles	1784 nm	N
Victoria	Mon 10:26 AM	3453 km	2146 miles	1865 nm	WNW
Perth	Mon 2:26 PM	3528 km	2192 miles	1905 nm	ESE
Antananarivo	Mon 9:26 AM	3549 km	2206 miles	1917 nm	W