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 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:32:00 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 Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 15'	South
Longitude:	22° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.26 meters/second, 1534.5 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.6 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' 59.6"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.8"	953.15 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	953.16 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 15.5"	7.70 mi	east	0° 03' 30.1"	4.02 mi	north	8.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	North
Longitude:	157° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.41 meters/second, 1520.7 km/hour, 944.9 miles/hour or 821.1 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' 30.8"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 03.6"	0.07 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.3"	944.67 mi	west	0° 03' 38.2"	4.17 mi	south	944.86 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 23.9"	754.44 mi	east	1° 52' 26.8"	128.91 mi	south	769.60 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
Molepolole	Fri 12:32 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	ESE
Gaborone	Fri 12:32 PM	412 km	256 miles	223 nm	ESE
Windhoek *	Fri 12:32 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	W
Rustenburg	Fri 12:32 PM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	ESE
Francistown	Fri 12:32 PM	598 km	371 miles	323 nm	ENE
Rundu *	Fri 12:32 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	NNW
Pretoria	Fri 12:32 PM	671 km	417 miles	362 nm	ESE
Johannesburg	Fri 12:32 PM	680 km	422 miles	367 nm	ESE
Walvis Bay *	Fri 12:32 PM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	W
Maseru	Fri 12:32 PM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	SE