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 Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 00:08:00 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 Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 45'	South
Longitude:	179° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.71 meters/second, 1658.6 km/hour, 1030.6 miles/hour or 895.5 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"	17.18 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.18 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.9"	1030.61 mi	west	0° 00' 57.5"	1.10 mi	north	1030.62 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 13.8"	3.70 mi	west	0° 23' 03.7"	26.42 mi	north	26.67 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 12'	North
Longitude:	68° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.76 meters/second, 1503.9 km/hour, 934.5 miles/hour or 812.1 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' 29.0"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	south	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 03.8"	934.22 mi	west	0° 03' 37.7"	4.16 mi	south	934.42 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 20.4"	800.22 mi	east	1° 58' 10.8"	135.51 mi	south	816.69 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
Funafuti	Sat 12:08 PM	256 km	159 miles	138 nm	SW
Baker Island	Fri 12:08 PM	829 km	515 miles	447 nm	NNE
Fakaofo	Sat 1:08 PM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	ESE
Rawaki	Sat 1:08 PM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	ENE
Apia *	Sat 2:08 PM	1137 km	706 miles	614 nm	SE
Tarawa	Sat 12:08 PM	1244 km	773 miles	672 nm	NW
Suva	Sat 12:08 PM	1284 km	798 miles	693 nm	S
Nukualofa	Sat 1:08 PM	1652 km	1026 miles	892 nm	SSE
Yaren	Sat 12:08 PM	1679 km	1043 miles	906 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 1:08 PM	1698 km	1055 miles	917 nm	SE