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 21:58:00 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 21:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 24'	South
Longitude:	146° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.03 meters/second, 1659.7 km/hour, 1031.3 miles/hour or 896.2 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"	1031.34 mi	west	0° 00' 57.7"	1.10 mi	north	1031.35 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 20.1"	3.82 mi	west	0° 23' 08.5"	26.51 mi	north	26.78 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 21:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 27'	North
Longitude:	24° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.42 meters/second, 1520.7 km/hour, 944.9 miles/hour or 821.1 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' 28.8"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.5"	944.69 mi	west	0° 06' 04.5"	6.97 mi	south	945.01 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 03.4"	810.07 mi	east	2° 55' 26.5"	201.11 mi	south	841.36 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 12:28 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	ESE
Papeete	Sat 11:58 AM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Sun 11:58 AM	1482 km	921 miles	800 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Sat 11:58 AM	2154 km	1338 miles	1163 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sun 10:58 AM	2709 km	1684 miles	1463 nm	W
Adamstown	Sat 1:58 PM	2729 km	1696 miles	1474 nm	SE
Apia *	Sun 11:58 AM	2851 km	1772 miles	1539 nm	WSW
Alofi	Sat 10:58 AM	2865 km	1780 miles	1547 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Sat 11:58 AM	3293 km	2046 miles	1778 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Sat 9:58 AM	3372 km	2096 miles	1821 nm	WNW