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 Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:42:00 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 Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 24'	South
Longitude:	21° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.80 meters/second, 1565.3 km/hour, 972.6 miles/hour or 845.2 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"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 48.3"	972.35 mi	west	0° 00' 31.1"	0.60 mi	north	972.38 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 35.2"	4.96 mi	east	0° 12' 39.7"	14.52 mi	north	15.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 12'	South
Longitude:	31° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.63 meters/second, 1485.5 km/hour, 923.0 miles/hour or 802.1 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' 24.3"	15.38 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.38 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 19.0"	922.74 mi	west	0° 02' 13.6"	2.56 mi	south	922.62 mi
24 hours	14° 16' 54.6"	914.84 mi	east	0° 12' 15.3"	14.06 mi	south	914.28 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
Rundu *	Thu 12:42 PM	353 km	219 miles	191 nm	NW
Windhoek *	Thu 12:42 PM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	WSW
Molepolole	Thu 12:42 PM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	SE
Francistown	Thu 12:42 PM	595 km	369 miles	321 nm	E
Gaborone	Thu 12:42 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	SE
Rustenburg	Thu 12:42 PM	802 km	498 miles	433 nm	SE
Walvis Bay *	Thu 12:42 PM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	WSW
Pretoria	Thu 12:42 PM	877 km	545 miles	474 nm	SE
Lusaka	Thu 12:42 PM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	NE
Johannesburg	Thu 12:42 PM	901 km	560 miles	487 nm	SE