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 Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 06:38:00 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 Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 06:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 24'	South
Longitude:	82° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.95 meters/second, 1555.0 km/hour, 966.2 miles/hour or 839.6 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' 59.8"	16.11 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 46.2"	965.94 mi	west	0° 00' 26.0"	0.50 mi	north	965.97 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 27.8"	5.87 mi	east	0° 10' 36.5"	12.17 mi	north	13.51 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 06:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 03'	South
Longitude:	38° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.86 meters/second, 1612.3 km/hour, 1001.8 miles/hour or 870.6 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' 30.0"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 07.3"	1001.77 mi	west	0° 13' 13.7"	15.15 mi	south	1001.78 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 21.1"	835.10 mi	east	5° 11' 16.7"	356.52 mi	south	905.12 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
Diego Garcia	Sat 12:38 PM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	NW
Port Louis	Sat 10:38 AM	2596 km	1613 miles	1402 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Sat 10:38 AM	2798 km	1739 miles	1511 nm	W
Male	Sat 11:38 AM	2991 km	1858 miles	1615 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Sat 1:38 PM	3123 km	1941 miles	1686 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 12:08 PM	3140 km	1951 miles	1696 nm	N
Port-aux-Francais	Sat 11:38 AM	3284 km	2041 miles	1773 nm	SSW
Singapore	Sat 2:38 PM	3425 km	2128 miles	1850 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 2:38 PM	3432 km	2133 miles	1853 nm	NE
Victoria	Sat 10:38 AM	3453 km	2145 miles	1864 nm	WNW