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 07:58:00 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 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 43'	South
Longitude:	62° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.40 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"	1036.66 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1036.67 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 08.7"	4.78 mi	west	0° 23' 40.1"	27.11 mi	north	27.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	52° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.27 meters/second, 1498.6 km/hour, 931.2 miles/hour or 809.2 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"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 23.7"	930.90 mi	west	0° 04' 19.1"	4.95 mi	south	930.69 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 16.3"	918.93 mi	east	1° 03' 21.5"	72.66 mi	south	918.52 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
Victoria	Tue 11:58 AM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Tue 1:58 PM	1205 km	748 miles	650 nm	ESE
Male	Tue 12:58 PM	1436 km	892 miles	775 nm	ENE
Mogadishu	Tue 10:58 AM	1989 km	1236 miles	1074 nm	WNW
Port Louis	Tue 11:58 AM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	SSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Tue 1:28 PM	2021 km	1256 miles	1092 nm	NE
Saint-Denis	Tue 11:58 AM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	SSW
Colombo	Tue 1:28 PM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 1:28 PM	2201 km	1367 miles	1188 nm	ENE
Madurai	Tue 1:28 PM	2219 km	1379 miles	1198 nm	NE