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 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:56:00 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 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 07'	South
Longitude:	10° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 451.83 meters/second, 1626.6 km/hour, 1010.7 miles/hour or 878.3 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' 00.0"	16.85 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.85 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.2"	1010.64 mi	west	0° 00' 50.9"	0.97 mi	north	1010.67 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 34.3"	0.64 mi	west	0° 20' 27.0"	23.43 mi	north	23.44 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 03'	South
Longitude:	108° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.19 meters/second, 1509.1 km/hour, 937.7 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 25.4"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 28.8"	937.43 mi	west	0° 06' 02.1"	6.92 mi	south	937.16 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 23.5"	904.86 mi	east	1° 47' 26.8"	123.21 mi	south	907.95 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	Tue 12:56 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	ESE
Monrovia	Tue 12:56 PM	2148 km	1335 miles	1160 nm	N
Abidjan	Tue 12:56 PM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Tue 12:56 PM	2285 km	1420 miles	1234 nm	NNE
Accra	Tue 12:56 PM	2369 km	1472 miles	1279 nm	NNE
Freetown	Tue 12:56 PM	2404 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	N
São Tomé	Tue 12:56 PM	2435 km	1513 miles	1315 nm	NE
Lome	Tue 12:56 PM	2505 km	1556 miles	1353 nm	NNE
Conakry	Tue 12:56 PM	2523 km	1568 miles	1362 nm	N
Porto Novo	Tue 1:56 PM	2634 km	1637 miles	1422 nm	NE