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 23:32:00 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 23:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 36'	South
Longitude:	170° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.71 meters/second, 1662.2 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"	1032.86 mi	west	0° 00' 58.1"	1.11 mi	north	1032.87 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 33.4"	4.08 mi	west	0° 23' 18.2"	26.69 mi	north	27.00 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 5, 2012 at 23:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 22'	North
Longitude:	22° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.61 meters/second, 1575.4 km/hour, 978.9 miles/hour or 850.7 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	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 06.2"	978.78 mi	west	0° 10' 56.3"	12.53 mi	south	979.20 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 17.4"	834.87 mi	east	4° 42' 47.7"	323.96 mi	south	901.63 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 12:32 PM	210 km	130 miles	113 nm	N
Fakaofo	Tue 12:32 PM	426 km	264 miles	230 nm	SSW
Apia *	Tue 1:32 PM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	S
Baker Island	Mon 11:32 AM	927 km	576 miles	500 nm	NW
Pago Pago	Mon 12:32 PM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	S
Funafuti	Tue 11:32 AM	1186 km	737 miles	640 nm	WSW
Alofi	Mon 12:32 PM	1489 km	925 miles	804 nm	S
Kiritimati	Tue 1:32 PM	1676 km	1042 miles	905 nm	ENE
Nukualofa	Tue 12:32 PM	1794 km	1114 miles	968 nm	SSW
Suva	Tue 11:32 AM	1840 km	1143 miles	993 nm	SW