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, April 3, 2009 at 06:00:00 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, April 3, 2009 at 06:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 23'	North
Longitude:	90° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.90 meters/second, 1662.8 km/hour, 1033.2 miles/hour or 897.9 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"	17.22 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.22 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.9"	1033.28 mi	west	0° 00' 57.3"	1.10 mi	north	1033.27 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 22.7"	5.03 mi	west	0° 22' 54.9"	26.25 mi	north	26.72 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 3, 2009 at 06:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 55'	North
Longitude:	167° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 410.96 meters/second, 1479.5 km/hour, 919.3 miles/hour or 798.8 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' 25.2"	15.32 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.32 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 18.9"	918.97 mi	west	0° 08' 45.9"	10.05 mi	south	919.52 mi
24 hours	13° 28' 25.3"	858.60 mi	east	4° 06' 33.3"	282.72 mi	south	915.52 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	Fri 1:00 PM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	E
Medan	Fri 1:00 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	ESE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 11:30 AM	1190 km	739 miles	642 nm	W
Colombo	Fri 11:30 AM	1196 km	743 miles	646 nm	W
Kuala Lumpur	Fri 2:00 PM	1261 km	784 miles	681 nm	E
Yangon	Fri 12:30 PM	1400 km	870 miles	756 nm	NNE
Chennai	Fri 11:30 AM	1413 km	878 miles	763 nm	NW
Bangkok	Fri 1:00 PM	1428 km	887 miles	771 nm	NE
Madurai	Fri 11:30 AM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	WNW
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 11:30 AM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	WNW