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 13, 2012 at 03:46:00 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 13, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 10'	South
Longitude:	121° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.51 meters/second, 1535.4 km/hour, 954.1 miles/hour or 829.1 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"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.2"	953.72 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	south	953.71 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 09.2"	7.59 mi	east	0° 03' 39.0"	4.19 mi	south	8.67 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	118° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.90 meters/second, 1493.6 km/hour, 928.1 miles/hour or 806.5 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' 21.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 33.7"	927.86 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	927.87 mi
24 hours	15° 16' 18.0"	986.77 mi	east	0° 46' 19.8"	53.13 mi	north	990.70 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
Newman	Thu 11:46 AM	211 km	131 miles	114 nm	W
Perth	Thu 11:46 AM	1136 km	706 miles	613 nm	SSW
Eucla	Thu 12:31 PM	1175 km	730 miles	635 nm	SE
Alice Springs	Thu 1:16 PM	1236 km	768 miles	667 nm	E
Darwin	Thu 1:16 PM	1524 km	947 miles	823 nm	NE
Dili	Thu 12:46 PM	1667 km	1036 miles	900 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Thu 11:46 AM	1750 km	1087 miles	945 nm	NNW
Malang	Thu 10:46 AM	1938 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Thu 10:46 AM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	NNW
Makassar	Thu 11:46 AM	2011 km	1249 miles	1086 nm	N