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 21:00:00 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 21:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 25'	South
Longitude:	132° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.02 meters/second, 1659.7 km/hour, 1031.3 miles/hour or 896.1 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"	1031.30 mi	west	0° 00' 57.6"	1.10 mi	north	1031.32 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 19.9"	3.82 mi	west	0° 23' 08.3"	26.50 mi	north	26.78 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 21:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 33'	North
Longitude:	10° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.17 meters/second, 1519.8 km/hour, 944.4 miles/hour or 820.6 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' 28.8"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.7"	944.13 mi	west	0° 05' 58.2"	6.84 mi	south	944.45 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 06.0"	809.64 mi	east	2° 52' 59.1"	198.30 mi	south	840.22 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
Taiohae	Sat 11:30 AM	840 km	522 miles	454 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sat 1:00 PM	2078 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	S
Papeete	Sat 11:00 AM	2241 km	1392 miles	1210 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sun 11:00 AM	2925 km	1817 miles	1579 nm	WNW
Easter Island *	Sat 4:00 PM	3341 km	2076 miles	1804 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sat 11:00 AM	3380 km	2100 miles	1825 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Sat 11:00 AM	4144 km	2575 miles	2238 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Sun 10:00 AM	4300 km	2672 miles	2322 nm	W
Alofi	Sat 10:00 AM	4302 km	2673 miles	2323 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 11:00 AM	4393 km	2730 miles	2372 nm	WSW