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 07:42:00 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 07:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 11'	South
Longitude:	62° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.48 meters/second, 1535.3 km/hour, 954.0 miles/hour or 829.0 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"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.2"	953.65 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	953.64 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 10.0"	7.60 mi	east	0° 03' 34.5"	4.10 mi	south	8.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 54'	South
Longitude:	62° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.98 meters/second, 1493.9 km/hour, 928.3 miles/hour or 806.6 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' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 35.8"	928.03 mi	west	0° 00' 43.7"	0.84 mi	north	928.07 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 02.0"	983.39 mi	east	1° 01' 06.8"	70.07 mi	north	989.16 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
Port Louis	Thu 11:42 AM	642 km	399 miles	347 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Thu 11:42 AM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Thu 10:42 AM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Thu 1:42 PM	2033 km	1263 miles	1098 nm	NNE
Victoria	Thu 11:42 AM	2200 km	1367 miles	1188 nm	NNW
Moroni	Thu 10:42 AM	2426 km	1507 miles	1310 nm	WNW
Port-aux-Francais	Thu 12:42 PM	2976 km	1849 miles	1607 nm	S
Maputo	Thu 9:42 AM	3070 km	1907 miles	1658 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 10:42 AM	3100 km	1927 miles	1674 nm	WNW
Mbabane	Thu 9:42 AM	3214 km	1997 miles	1736 nm	WSW