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, October 14, 2011 at 12:48:00 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, October 14, 2011 at 12:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 08'	South
Longitude:	15° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.28 meters/second, 1653.4 km/hour, 1027.4 miles/hour or 892.8 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"	17.12 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.12 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.8"	1027.38 mi	west	0° 00' 55.8"	1.06 mi	south	1027.36 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 27.1"	3.94 mi	west	0° 22' 15.0"	25.49 mi	south	25.79 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 14, 2011 at 12:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 20'	North
Longitude:	170° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.06 meters/second, 1526.6 km/hour, 948.6 miles/hour or 824.3 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' 31.6"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 38.0"	948.34 mi	west	0° 06' 10.7"	7.08 mi	north	948.07 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 10.4"	754.26 mi	east	2° 03' 24.1"	141.49 mi	north	762.59 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
Jamestown	Fri 12:48 PM	1392 km	865 miles	751 nm	SE
Monrovia	Fri 12:48 PM	1689 km	1050 miles	912 nm	NNE
Freetown	Fri 12:48 PM	1859 km	1155 miles	1004 nm	N
Conakry	Fri 12:48 PM	1964 km	1220 miles	1060 nm	N
Abidjan	Fri 12:48 PM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Fri 12:48 PM	2021 km	1256 miles	1091 nm	NE
Recife	Fri 9:48 AM	2108 km	1310 miles	1138 nm	W
Bissau	Fri 12:48 PM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	N
Accra	Fri 12:48 PM	2295 km	1426 miles	1239 nm	NE
Banjul	Fri 12:48 PM	2388 km	1484 miles	1290 nm	N