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 Friday, March 9, 2012 at 18:34:00 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 Friday, March 9, 2012 at 18:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 07'	South
Longitude:	96° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.72 meters/second, 1665.8 km/hour, 1035.1 miles/hour or 899.5 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"	17.25 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.25 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.6"	1035.14 mi	west	0° 00' 58.7"	1.12 mi	north	1035.15 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 54.1"	4.49 mi	west	0° 23' 32.0"	26.95 mi	north	27.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 9, 2012 at 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 22'	South
Longitude:	99° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.51 meters/second, 1596.6 km/hour, 992.1 miles/hour or 862.1 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' 27.5"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 32.2"	991.98 mi	west	0° 13' 10.1"	15.08 mi	south	991.85 mi
24 hours	13° 11' 11.8"	904.70 mi	east	5° 00' 26.0"	344.16 mi	south	962.09 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
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:34 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:34 PM	1823 km	1133 miles	984 nm	E
Quito	Fri 1:34 PM	2014 km	1251 miles	1087 nm	ENE
San Jose	Fri 12:34 PM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	NE
Managua	Fri 12:34 PM	2108 km	1310 miles	1138 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Fri 12:34 PM	2117 km	1315 miles	1143 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 12:34 PM	2164 km	1344 miles	1168 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 12:34 PM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	NNE
Lima	Fri 1:34 PM	2284 km	1420 miles	1234 nm	ESE
Panama	Fri 1:34 PM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	NE