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 16:10:00 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 16:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 59'	South
Longitude:	60° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.30 meters/second, 1667.9 km/hour, 1036.4 miles/hour or 900.6 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"	1036.43 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1036.44 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 06.4"	4.73 mi	west	0° 23' 38.9"	27.08 mi	north	27.49 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 12, 2012 at 16:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 29'	South
Longitude:	174° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.28 meters/second, 1513.0 km/hour, 940.1 miles/hour or 817.0 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"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 38.3"	939.88 mi	west	0° 06' 32.5"	7.50 mi	south	939.59 mi
24 hours	345° 47' 04.8"	927.14 mi	west	1° 58' 13.2"	135.55 mi	south	931.23 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
Manaus	Mon 12:10 PM	42 km	26 miles	23 nm	ESE
Santarém	Mon 1:10 PM	633 km	394 miles	342 nm	E
Boa Vista	Mon 12:10 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	N
Georgetown	Mon 12:10 PM	1111 km	690 miles	600 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Mon 1:10 PM	1133 km	704 miles	612 nm	NNE
Cayenne	Mon 1:10 PM	1252 km	778 miles	676 nm	NE
Belém	Mon 1:10 PM	1334 km	829 miles	720 nm	E
Port of Spain	Mon 12:10 PM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	N
Caracas	Mon 11:40 AM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	NNW
Saint George's	Mon 12:10 PM	1671 km	1038 miles	902 nm	N