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 19:06:00 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 19:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 01'	South
Longitude:	103° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 451.99 meters/second, 1627.2 km/hour, 1011.1 miles/hour or 878.6 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° 15' 00.0"	16.85 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.85 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.3"	1011.00 mi	west	0° 00' 51.0"	0.97 mi	north	1011.03 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 37.0"	0.70 mi	west	0° 20' 30.2"	23.49 mi	north	23.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 38'	South
Longitude:	162° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.52 meters/second, 1503.1 km/hour, 934.0 miles/hour or 811.6 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' 25.2"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 17.8"	933.70 mi	west	0° 05' 13.0"	5.98 mi	south	933.45 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 00.7"	904.27 mi	east	1° 26' 54.8"	99.67 mi	south	905.37 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
Easter Island *	Tue 2:06 PM	1681 km	1045 miles	908 nm	SSW
Galapagos Islands	Tue 1:06 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	NE
Lima	Tue 2:06 PM	2848 km	1770 miles	1538 nm	E
Quito	Tue 2:06 PM	3074 km	1910 miles	1660 nm	ENE
Adamstown	Tue 11:06 AM	3118 km	1937 miles	1683 nm	WSW
San Jose	Tue 1:06 PM	3305 km	2054 miles	1785 nm	NE
San Salvador	Tue 1:06 PM	3336 km	2073 miles	1802 nm	NNE
Managua	Tue 1:06 PM	3356 km	2085 miles	1812 nm	NE
Guatemala	Tue 1:06 PM	3362 km	2089 miles	1815 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Tue 1:06 PM	3479 km	2161 miles	1878 nm	NNE