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 Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 22:12:00 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 Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 22:12:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 16'	South
Longitude:	150° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.17 meters/second, 1667.4 km/hour, 1036.1 miles/hour or 900.3 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"	17.27 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.27 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.1"	1036.13 mi	west	0° 00' 58.10"	1.13 mi	north	1036.14 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 03.4"	4.67 mi	west	0° 23' 37.4"	27.06 mi	north	27.46 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 22:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 09'	South
Longitude:	73° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.24 meters/second, 1534.5 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.5 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' 25.2"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 13.4"	953.25 mi	west	0° 08' 50.6"	10.14 mi	south	952.92 mi
24 hours	14° 03' 51.1"	929.71 mi	east	2° 57' 14.0"	203.18 mi	south	944.01 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
Kiritimati	Mon 12:12 PM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	NW
Papeete	Sun 12:12 PM	1583 km	984 miles	855 nm	S
Rarotonga	Sun 12:12 PM	2210 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	SSW
Fakaofo	Mon 11:12 AM	2355 km	1463 miles	1271 nm	WSW
Apia *	Mon 12:12 PM	2581 km	1604 miles	1394 nm	WSW
Alofi	Sun 11:12 AM	2713 km	1686 miles	1465 nm	SW
Honolulu	Sun 12:12 PM	2826 km	1756 miles	1526 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Sun 10:12 AM	2879 km	1789 miles	1555 nm	W
Adamstown	Sun 2:12 PM	3278 km	2037 miles	1770 nm	SE
Nukualofa	Mon 11:12 AM	3295 km	2048 miles	1779 nm	SW