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 Monday, March 5, 2012 at 23:12:00 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 Monday, March 5, 2012 at 23:12:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 36'	South
Longitude:	165° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.70 meters/second, 1662.1 km/hour, 1032.8 miles/hour or 897.5 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"	17.21 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.21 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.8"	1032.85 mi	west	0° 00' 58.1"	1.11 mi	north	1032.86 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 33.4"	4.08 mi	west	0° 23' 18.1"	26.69 mi	north	27.00 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 23:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 26'	North
Longitude:	17° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.51 meters/second, 1575.0 km/hour, 978.7 miles/hour or 850.5 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 06.0"	978.55 mi	west	0° 10' 54.7"	12.50 mi	south	978.97 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 17.4"	834.67 mi	east	4° 42' 14.3"	323.32 mi	south	901.24 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
Rawaki	Tue 12:12 PM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Tue 12:12 PM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 1:12 PM	1144 km	711 miles	618 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Tue 1:12 PM	1224 km	760 miles	661 nm	NE
Baker Island	Mon 11:12 AM	1383 km	859 miles	747 nm	WNW
Alofi	Mon 12:12 PM	1564 km	972 miles	845 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Tue 11:12 AM	1724 km	1071 miles	931 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Mon 1:12 PM	1834 km	1140 miles	991 nm	SSE
Nukualofa	Tue 12:12 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	SSW
Papeete	Mon 1:12 PM	2175 km	1352 miles	1175 nm	SE