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 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 06:18:00 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 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 06:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 45'	South
Longitude:	87° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.39 meters/second, 1668.2 km/hour, 1036.6 miles/hour or 900.8 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"	17.28 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.28 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.2"	1036.64 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1036.65 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 08.5"	4.77 mi	west	0° 23' 39.9"	27.10 mi	north	27.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 06:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 48'	South
Longitude:	28° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.62 meters/second, 1499.8 km/hour, 932.0 miles/hour or 809.8 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' 24.3"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 24.4"	931.69 mi	west	0° 04' 33.4"	5.23 mi	south	931.47 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 36.4"	920.06 mi	east	1° 09' 11.9"	79.35 mi	south	919.90 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
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 11:48 AM	1364 km	847 miles	736 nm	NW
Colombo	Tue 11:48 AM	1370 km	851 miles	740 nm	NW
Medan	Tue 1:18 PM	1417 km	880 miles	765 nm	ENE
Bengkulu	Tue 1:18 PM	1636 km	1017 miles	883 nm	E
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 2:18 PM	1701 km	1057 miles	918 nm	ENE
Thiruvananthapuram	Tue 11:48 AM	1715 km	1065 miles	926 nm	NW
Male	Tue 11:18 AM	1742 km	1083 miles	941 nm	WNW
Madurai	Tue 11:48 AM	1750 km	1087 miles	945 nm	NW
Diego Garcia	Tue 12:18 PM	1756 km	1091 miles	948 nm	WSW
Singapore	Tue 2:18 PM	1865 km	1159 miles	1007 nm	ENE