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 12, 2012 at 13:06:00 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 12, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 02'	South
Longitude:	14° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.27 meters/second, 1667.8 km/hour, 1036.3 miles/hour or 900.5 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"	17.27 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.27 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.1"	1036.38 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1036.39 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 05.8"	4.72 mi	west	0° 23' 38.7"	27.08 mi	north	27.49 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 12, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 08'	South
Longitude:	140° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.21 meters/second, 1516.4 km/hour, 942.2 miles/hour or 818.8 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' 24.6"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 43.2"	941.96 mi	west	0° 06' 57.3"	7.98 mi	south	941.67 mi
24 hours	14° 11' 58.3"	928.09 mi	east	2° 08' 38.1"	147.49 mi	south	933.56 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
Monrovia	Mon 1:06 PM	1107 km	688 miles	598 nm	NNE
Freetown	Mon 1:06 PM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	N
Conakry	Mon 1:06 PM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	N
Abidjan	Mon 1:06 PM	1476 km	917 miles	797 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Mon 1:06 PM	1486 km	923 miles	802 nm	NE
Bissau	Mon 1:06 PM	1652 km	1027 miles	892 nm	N
Jamestown	Mon 1:06 PM	1713 km	1064 miles	925 nm	SSE
Accra	Mon 1:06 PM	1839 km	1142 miles	993 nm	ENE
Banjul	Mon 1:06 PM	1839 km	1142 miles	993 nm	N
Bamako	Mon 1:06 PM	1871 km	1163 miles	1010 nm	NNE