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 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 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 16:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 35'	South
Longitude:	60° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.45 meters/second, 1668.4 km/hour, 1036.7 miles/hour or 900.9 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"	1036.78 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1036.78 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 10.0"	4.80 mi	west	0° 23' 40.6"	27.12 mi	north	27.54 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 16:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 27'	South
Longitude:	170° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.81 meters/second, 1493.3 km/hour, 927.9 miles/hour or 806.3 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"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 03.1"	0.06 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 23.4"	927.64 mi	west	0° 03' 07.4"	3.58 mi	south	927.48 mi
24 hours	14° 10' 19.8"	912.56 mi	east	0° 34' 37.4"	39.71 mi	south	911.60 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	Tue 12:10 PM	75 km	47 miles	41 nm	SE
Boa Vista	Tue 12:10 PM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	N
Santarém	Tue 1:10 PM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	E
Linden	Tue 12:10 PM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	NNE
Nieuw Nickerie	Tue 1:10 PM	1018 km	633 miles	550 nm	NNE
Georgetown	Tue 12:10 PM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Tue 1:10 PM	1100 km	683 miles	594 nm	NNE
Cayenne	Tue 1:10 PM	1227 km	763 miles	663 nm	NE
Belém	Tue 1:10 PM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	E
Port of Spain	Tue 12:10 PM	1469 km	913 miles	793 nm	N