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 17, 2012 at 07:06:00 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 17, 2012 at 07:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 22'	South
Longitude:	72° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.87 meters/second, 1533.1 km/hour, 952.6 miles/hour or 827.8 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"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.6"	952.27 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	952.27 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 22.8"	7.82 mi	east	0° 01' 43.5"	1.98 mi	south	8.06 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 17, 2012 at 07:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 56'	South
Longitude:	127° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.19 meters/second, 1588.3 km/hour, 986.9 miles/hour or 857.6 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' 28.8"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.45 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.3"	986.87 mi	west	0° 11' 04.4"	12.68 mi	north	987.23 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 36.9"	820.68 mi	east	4° 33' 38.8"	313.44 mi	north	883.01 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	Mon 11:06 AM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:06 AM	1757 km	1092 miles	949 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Mon 1:06 PM	1774 km	1103 miles	958 nm	N
Antananarivo	Mon 10:06 AM	2616 km	1625 miles	1412 nm	W
Victoria	Mon 11:06 AM	2752 km	1710 miles	1486 nm	NW
Port-aux-Francais	Mon 12:06 PM	2889 km	1795 miles	1560 nm	S
Male	Mon 12:06 PM	3050 km	1895 miles	1647 nm	N
Moroni	Mon 10:06 AM	3328 km	2068 miles	1797 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 12:36 PM	3448 km	2143 miles	1862 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Mon 10:06 AM	3975 km	2470 miles	2147 nm	WNW