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 17:50:00 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 17:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 11'	North
Longitude:	86° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.04 meters/second, 1663.4 km/hour, 1033.6 miles/hour or 898.1 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' 10.9"	1033.61 mi	west	0° 00' 57.4"	1.10 mi	north	1033.59 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 23.7"	5.05 mi	west	0° 22' 57.9"	26.30 mi	north	26.78 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 17:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 30'	North
Longitude:	7° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 405.59 meters/second, 1460.1 km/hour, 907.3 miles/hour or 788.4 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' 24.3"	15.12 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	south	15.12 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 21.5"	906.92 mi	west	0° 06' 55.8"	7.95 mi	south	907.37 mi
24 hours	13° 53' 21.4"	874.42 mi	east	3° 27' 16.8"	237.74 mi	south	917.16 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
San Jose	Thu 11:50 AM	611 km	379 miles	330 nm	NNE
David	Thu 12:50 PM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	NE
Alajuela	Thu 11:50 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Thu 11:50 AM	736 km	458 miles	398 nm	SSW
Masaya	Thu 11:50 AM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	N
Managua	Thu 11:50 AM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	N
Panama	Thu 12:50 PM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	ENE
San Miguel	Thu 11:50 AM	928 km	577 miles	501 nm	N
San Salvador	Thu 11:50 AM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	NNW
Tegucigalpa	Thu 11:50 AM	985 km	612 miles	532 nm	N