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 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 06:46:00 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 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 06:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 21'	South
Longitude:	80° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.53 meters/second, 1668.7 km/hour, 1036.9 miles/hour or 901.0 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"	1036.96 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1036.97 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 12.0"	4.84 mi	west	0° 23' 41.5"	27.13 mi	north	27.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 06:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 58'	South
Longitude:	21° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.43 meters/second, 1488.3 km/hour, 924.8 miles/hour or 803.6 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' 24.5"	15.41 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.41 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 36.5"	924.54 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	south	924.49 mi
24 hours	13° 59' 49.3"	898.06 mi	east	0° 15' 43.6"	18.03 mi	north	899.06 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
Addu City	Wed 11:46 AM	841 km	523 miles	454 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 12:16 PM	1023 km	636 miles	552 nm	N
Colombo	Wed 12:16 PM	1027 km	638 miles	554 nm	N
Diego Garcia	Wed 12:46 PM	1053 km	654 miles	569 nm	WSW
Male	Wed 11:46 AM	1061 km	659 miles	573 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 12:16 PM	1263 km	785 miles	682 nm	NNW
Madurai	Wed 12:16 PM	1382 km	859 miles	746 nm	N
Chennai	Wed 12:16 PM	1706 km	1060 miles	921 nm	N
Bangalore	Wed 12:16 PM	1725 km	1072 miles	931 nm	N
Pune	Wed 12:16 PM	2420 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	NNW