---
title: position
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spritekit/sknode/position
---

# position

The position of the node in its parent’s coordinate system.

## Declaration

```swift
var position: CGPoint { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

About SpriteKit Coordinate Systems About Node Drawing Order Detecting Changes at Each Step of an Animation Positioning a Scene’s Origin Within its View Using the Anchor Point to Move a Sprite

## Discussion

Discussion The default value is (0.0,0.0).