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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:20:00 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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 17'	South
Longitude:	98° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.14 meters/second, 1534.1 km/hour, 953.2 miles/hour or 828.3 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"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.7"	952.88 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	952.87 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 17.2"	7.72 mi	east	0° 02' 41.5"	3.09 mi	south	8.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	South
Longitude:	126° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.27 meters/second, 1527.4 km/hour, 949.1 miles/hour or 824.7 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' 24.1"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 15.4"	948.90 mi	west	0° 07' 17.0"	8.35 mi	north	949.26 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 36.8"	913.08 mi	east	3° 23' 14.8"	232.94 mi	north	950.15 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
Perth	Sat 1:20 PM	1958 km	1217 miles	1057 nm	ESE
Bandung	Sat 12:20 PM	2055 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	NNE
Jakarta	Sat 12:20 PM	2094 km	1301 miles	1131 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Sat 12:20 PM	2336 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	NE
Denpasar	Sat 1:20 PM	2406 km	1495 miles	1299 nm	NE
Singapore	Sat 1:20 PM	2778 km	1726 miles	1500 nm	NNE
Pontianak	Sat 12:20 PM	2826 km	1756 miles	1526 nm	NNE
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 1:20 PM	2943 km	1828 miles	1589 nm	N
Makassar	Sat 1:20 PM	3010 km	1870 miles	1625 nm	NE
Eucla	Sat 2:05 PM	3129 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	ESE