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 Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 09:00:00 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 Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 09:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 43'	North
Longitude:	45° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.64 meters/second, 1661.9 km/hour, 1032.7 miles/hour or 897.4 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"	17.21 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.21 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.8"	1032.70 mi	west	0° 00' 57.1"	1.09 mi	north	1032.68 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 20.6"	4.98 mi	west	0° 22' 49.6"	26.14 mi	north	26.61 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 09:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	25° 18'	South
Longitude:	67° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 404.47 meters/second, 1456.1 km/hour, 904.8 miles/hour or 786.2 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' 27.5"	15.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	15.08 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 34.8"	904.42 mi	west	0° 00' 33.7"	0.65 mi	north	904.46 mi
24 hours	12° 43' 22.9"	795.89 mi	east	0° 49' 45.3"	57.08 mi	north	800.61 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
Mogadishu	Sun 12:00 Noon	406 km	252 miles	219 nm	S
Hargeisa	Sun 12:00 Noon	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	NNW
Dire Dawa	Sun 12:00 Noon	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	NW
Ali Sabieh	Sun 12:00 Noon	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Sun 12:00 Noon	699 km	434 miles	378 nm	NNW
Tadjoura	Sun 12:00 Noon	731 km	454 miles	394 nm	NNW
Bosaso	Sun 12:00 Noon	738 km	459 miles	399 nm	NNE
Adama	Sun 12:00 Noon	754 km	469 miles	407 nm	WNW
Aden	Sun 12:00 Noon	790 km	491 miles	426 nm	N
Addis Ababa	Sun 12:00 Noon	829 km	515 miles	447 nm	WNW