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, February 23, 2012 at 13:06:00 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 Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 55'	South
Longitude:	13° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.98 meters/second, 1645.1 km/hour, 1022.2 miles/hour or 888.3 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' 00.1"	17.04 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.04 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.9"	1022.21 mi	west	0° 00' 55.0"	1.05 mi	north	1022.24 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 04.2"	2.35 mi	west	0° 22' 04.0"	25.28 mi	north	25.39 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 41'	North
Longitude:	1° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.16 meters/second, 1620.6 km/hour, 1007.0 miles/hour or 875.0 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' 33.8"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 46.9"	1006.97 mi	west	0° 11' 39.9"	13.36 mi	north	1007.01 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 40.0"	722.19 mi	east	4° 33' 50.7"	313.63 mi	north	785.88 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	Thu 1:06 PM	1067 km	663 miles	576 nm	SE
Monrovia	Thu 1:06 PM	1819 km	1131 miles	982 nm	N
Abidjan	Thu 1:06 PM	1982 km	1232 miles	1070 nm	NNE
Freetown	Thu 1:06 PM	2036 km	1265 miles	1099 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Thu 1:06 PM	2060 km	1280 miles	1112 nm	NNE
Conakry	Thu 1:06 PM	2149 km	1336 miles	1161 nm	N
Accra	Thu 1:06 PM	2253 km	1400 miles	1216 nm	NE
Recife	Thu 10:06 AM	2368 km	1471 miles	1279 nm	W
Lome	Thu 1:06 PM	2406 km	1495 miles	1299 nm	NE
Bissau	Thu 1:06 PM	2421 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	N