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 07:28:00 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 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 23'	South
Longitude:	69° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.97 meters/second, 1555.1 km/hour, 966.3 miles/hour or 839.7 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"	16.11 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 46.2"	965.98 mi	west	0° 00' 26.1"	0.50 mi	north	966.01 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 27.5"	5.86 mi	east	0° 10' 37.4"	12.18 mi	north	13.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 14'	South
Longitude:	50° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.77 meters/second, 1612.0 km/hour, 1001.6 miles/hour or 870.4 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 06.1"	1001.57 mi	west	0° 13' 13.0"	15.14 mi	south	1001.58 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 01.4"	835.73 mi	east	5° 10' 43.4"	355.88 mi	south	905.34 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
Port Louis	Sat 11:28 AM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Sat 11:28 AM	1503 km	934 miles	812 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:28 PM	1578 km	981 miles	852 nm	N
Antananarivo	Sat 10:28 AM	2356 km	1464 miles	1272 nm	W
Victoria	Sat 11:28 AM	2426 km	1507 miles	1310 nm	NW
Male	Sat 12:28 PM	2855 km	1774 miles	1541 nm	N
Moroni	Sat 10:28 AM	3031 km	1883 miles	1636 nm	WNW
Port-aux-Francais	Sat 12:28 PM	3103 km	1928 miles	1675 nm	S
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 12:58 PM	3313 km	2059 miles	1789 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 10:28 AM	3668 km	2279 miles	1981 nm	WNW