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 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 Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 30'	South
Longitude:	56° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.95 meters/second, 1659.4 km/hour, 1031.1 miles/hour or 896.0 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"	17.19 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.19 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.1"	1031.14 mi	west	0° 00' 57.6"	1.10 mi	north	1031.16 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 18.4"	3.79 mi	west	0° 23' 07.2"	26.48 mi	north	26.75 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	North
Longitude:	62° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.93 meters/second, 1515.4 km/hour, 941.6 miles/hour or 818.2 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' 28.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 57.4"	941.35 mi	west	0° 05' 24.6"	6.21 mi	south	941.64 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 13.8"	807.38 mi	east	2° 40' 03.1"	183.48 mi	south	834.32 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	Sat 12:58 PM	508 km	315 miles	274 nm	NNE
Manaus	Sat 11:58 AM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	NW
Belém	Sat 12:58 PM	1081 km	672 miles	584 nm	ENE
Cayenne	Sat 12:58 PM	1359 km	844 miles	734 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Sat 12:58 PM	1374 km	854 miles	742 nm	N
Brasilia	Sat 12:58 PM	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	SE
Georgetown	Sat 11:58 AM	1479 km	919 miles	798 nm	N
La Paz	Sat 11:58 AM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	SW
Sucre	Sat 11:58 AM	1662 km	1032 miles	897 nm	SSW
Port of Spain	Sat 11:58 AM	1966 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	NNW