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 27, 2012 at 08:52:00 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 27, 2012 at 08:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 18'	South
Longitude:	47° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.08 meters/second, 1533.9 km/hour, 953.1 miles/hour or 828.2 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	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.7"	952.76 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	north	952.77 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 18.8"	7.75 mi	east	0° 03' 00.3"	3.45 mi	north	8.48 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 08:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	North
Longitude:	145° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.58 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 30.6"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 39.4"	938.33 mi	west	0° 01' 10.3"	1.34 mi	south	938.39 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 58.7"	757.71 mi	east	0° 54' 51.8"	62.91 mi	south	762.56 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
Antsirabe	Thu 11:52 AM	380 km	236 miles	205 nm	N
Antananarivo	Thu 11:52 AM	488 km	303 miles	263 nm	N
Toamasina	Thu 11:52 AM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NNE
Saint-Denis	Thu 12:52 PM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	ENE
Port Louis	Thu 12:52 PM	1137 km	706 miles	614 nm	ENE
Moroni	Thu 11:52 AM	1346 km	836 miles	727 nm	NNW
Maputo	Thu 10:52 AM	1491 km	927 miles	805 nm	WSW
Mbabane	Thu 10:52 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	886 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Thu 10:52 AM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	NW
Durban	Thu 10:52 AM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	WSW