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, April 2, 2009 at 05:50:00 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, April 2, 2009 at 05:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 59'	North
Longitude:	93° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.18 meters/second, 1663.8 km/hour, 1033.9 miles/hour or 898.4 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° 15' 00.1"	17.23 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.23 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.0"	1033.92 mi	west	0° 00' 57.5"	1.10 mi	north	1033.90 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 24.7"	5.07 mi	west	0° 23' 00.7"	26.36 mi	north	26.84 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 05:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	25° 40'	North
Longitude:	179° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 401.37 meters/second, 1444.9 km/hour, 897.8 miles/hour or 780.2 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' 23.6"	14.96 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	14.97 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 35.2"	897.48 mi	west	0° 04' 56.9"	5.68 mi	south	897.80 mi
24 hours	14° 15' 32.6"	889.12 mi	east	2° 43' 44.9"	187.85 mi	south	918.32 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
Banda Aceh	Thu 12:50 PM	250 km	156 miles	135 nm	ENE
Medan	Thu 12:50 PM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	ESE
Phuket	Thu 12:50 PM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	ENE
Ipoh	Thu 1:50 PM	886 km	551 miles	479 nm	E
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 1:50 PM	973 km	605 miles	525 nm	ESE
Bangkok	Thu 12:50 PM	1259 km	782 miles	680 nm	NE
Singapore	Thu 1:50 PM	1260 km	783 miles	680 nm	ESE
Yangon	Thu 12:20 PM	1344 km	835 miles	725 nm	NNE
Bengkulu	Thu 12:50 PM	1405 km	873 miles	759 nm	SE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 11:20 AM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	W