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 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 09:42:00 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 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 49'	South
Longitude:	37° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.37 meters/second, 1628.5 km/hour, 1011.9 miles/hour or 879.3 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"	16.87 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.87 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.5"	1011.84 mi	west	0° 00' 51.3"	0.98 mi	north	1011.87 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 43.5"	0.82 mi	west	0° 20' 37.8"	23.64 mi	north	23.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 41'	South
Longitude:	47° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.47 meters/second, 1492.1 km/hour, 927.1 miles/hour or 805.7 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' 25.0"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	south	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 00.9"	926.86 mi	west	0° 03' 11.5"	3.66 mi	south	926.69 mi
24 hours	13° 59' 54.5"	899.97 mi	east	0° 37' 12.7"	42.68 mi	south	899.03 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
Nampula	Wed 11:42 AM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	SSE
Blantyre	Wed 11:42 AM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	SW
Lilongwe	Wed 11:42 AM	451 km	280 miles	243 nm	WSW
Moroni	Wed 12:42 PM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Wed 12:42 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	NNE
Mutsamudu	Wed 12:42 PM	725 km	451 miles	392 nm	E
Zanzibar City	Wed 12:42 PM	752 km	468 miles	406 nm	NNE
Dodoma	Wed 12:42 PM	767 km	477 miles	414 nm	NNW
Mamoutzou	Wed 12:42 PM	812 km	504 miles	438 nm	E
Beira	Wed 11:42 AM	837 km	520 miles	452 nm	SSW