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 Friday, March 2, 2012 at 15:58:00 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 Friday, March 2, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 53'	South
Longitude:	56° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.58 meters/second, 1658.1 km/hour, 1030.3 miles/hour or 895.3 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"	17.17 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.17 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.7"	1030.33 mi	west	0° 00' 57.4"	1.10 mi	north	1030.34 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 11.5"	3.65 mi	west	0° 23' 01.9"	26.38 mi	north	26.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 2, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	North
Longitude:	49° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.60 meters/second, 1499.8 km/hour, 931.9 miles/hour or 809.8 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' 29.1"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 10.0"	931.63 mi	west	0° 02' 42.3"	3.10 mi	south	931.78 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 55.8"	796.40 mi	east	1° 36' 08.8"	110.25 mi	south	808.24 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
Santarém	Fri 12:58 PM	543 km	338 miles	293 nm	NNE
Manaus	Fri 11:58 AM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	NW
Belém	Fri 12:58 PM	1098 km	682 miles	593 nm	ENE
Brasilia	Fri 12:58 PM	1383 km	859 miles	747 nm	SE
Cayenne	Fri 12:58 PM	1396 km	868 miles	754 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Fri 12:58 PM	1415 km	879 miles	764 nm	N
Georgetown	Fri 11:58 AM	1522 km	945 miles	822 nm	N
Sucre	Fri 11:58 AM	1629 km	1012 miles	880 nm	SSW
La Paz	Fri 11:58 AM	1632 km	1014 miles	881 nm	SW
Port of Spain	Fri 11:58 AM	2008 km	1248 miles	1084 nm	NNW