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 Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 06:34:00 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 Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 06:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 42'	South
Longitude:	83° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.36 meters/second, 1664.5 km/hour, 1034.3 miles/hour or 898.8 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"	17.24 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.24 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.3"	1034.32 mi	west	0° 00' 58.5"	1.12 mi	north	1034.33 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 46.5"	4.34 mi	west	0° 23' 27.1"	26.86 mi	north	27.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 06:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 49'	North
Longitude:	99° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.71 meters/second, 1611.8 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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' 28.6"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 13.7"	0.26 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 41.3"	1001.44 mi	west	0° 13' 41.9"	15.69 mi	south	1001.58 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 41.0"	874.62 mi	east	5° 29' 10.5"	376.98 mi	south	951.72 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
Diego Garcia	Thu 12:34 PM	1305 km	811 miles	704 nm	WSW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 12:04 PM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	NNW
Colombo	Thu 12:04 PM	1361 km	846 miles	735 nm	NNW
Male	Thu 11:34 AM	1517 km	943 miles	819 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 12:04 PM	1652 km	1027 miles	892 nm	NNW
Madurai	Thu 12:04 PM	1740 km	1081 miles	939 nm	NNW
Medan	Thu 1:34 PM	1879 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	ENE
Chennai	Thu 12:04 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	NNW
Bangalore	Thu 12:04 PM	2077 km	1291 miles	1121 nm	NNW
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 2:34 PM	2161 km	1343 miles	1167 nm	ENE