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 21:46:00 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 21:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 30'	South
Longitude:	144° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.48 meters/second, 1668.5 km/hour, 1036.8 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' 10.3"	1036.85 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1036.86 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 10.8"	4.81 mi	west	0° 23' 41.1"	27.12 mi	north	27.55 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	South
Longitude:	108° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.09 meters/second, 1490.7 km/hour, 926.3 miles/hour or 804.9 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"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 26.4"	926.03 mi	west	0° 02' 18.1"	2.64 mi	south	925.91 mi
24 hours	14° 07' 04.7"	907.44 mi	east	0° 15' 07.4"	17.34 mi	south	906.81 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
Taiohae	Tue 12:16 PM	905 km	563 miles	489 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Wed 11:46 AM	1511 km	939 miles	816 nm	WNW
Papeete	Tue 11:46 AM	1755 km	1090 miles	947 nm	SSW
Rarotonga	Tue 11:46 AM	2656 km	1650 miles	1434 nm	SW
Adamstown	Tue 1:46 PM	2935 km	1824 miles	1585 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Tue 11:46 AM	3011 km	1871 miles	1626 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Wed 10:46 AM	3058 km	1900 miles	1651 nm	WSW
Apia *	Wed 11:46 AM	3255 km	2022 miles	1757 nm	WSW
Alofi	Tue 10:46 AM	3322 km	2064 miles	1794 nm	SW
Baker Island	Tue 9:46 AM	3575 km	2221 miles	1930 nm	W