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, January 6, 2012 at 15:56:00 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, January 6, 2012 at 15:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 31'	South
Longitude:	57° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.57 meters/second, 1542.9 km/hour, 958.7 miles/hour or 833.1 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° 14' 59.7"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.5"	958.35 mi	west	0° 00' 17.9"	0.34 mi	north	958.37 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 31.5"	6.95 mi	east	0° 07' 21.4"	8.44 mi	north	10.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 6, 2012 at 15:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 30'	North
Longitude:	88° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.93 meters/second, 1490.2 km/hour, 925.9 miles/hour or 804.6 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' 28.9"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.9"	925.62 mi	west	0° 00' 37.0"	0.71 mi	north	925.59 mi
24 hours	12° 32' 23.7"	801.55 mi	east	0° 17' 30.0"	20.07 mi	south	802.64 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
Pedro Juan Caballero *	Fri 12:56 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	E
Asuncion *	Fri 12:56 PM	308 km	191 miles	166 nm	S
Ciudad del Este *	Fri 12:56 PM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	SE
Encarnación *	Fri 12:56 PM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	SSE
Salta	Fri 12:56 PM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	WSW
Sucre	Fri 11:56 AM	862 km	535 miles	465 nm	WNW
Tucumán	Fri 12:56 PM	884 km	550 miles	478 nm	SW
São Paulo *	Fri 1:56 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	E
Córdoba	Fri 12:56 PM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	SSW
Rosario	Fri 12:56 PM	1190 km	739 miles	642 nm	SSW