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 07:36:00 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 07:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 20'	South
Longitude:	68° 00'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.54 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"	1036.97 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1036.98 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 12.1"	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 07:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 59'	South
Longitude:	33° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.40 meters/second, 1488.2 km/hour, 924.7 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' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.41 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 37.6"	924.47 mi	west	0° 00' 51.9"	0.99 mi	south	924.43 mi
24 hours	13° 59' 01.7"	897.12 mi	east	0° 18' 32.5"	21.26 mi	north	898.35 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 12:36 PM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	ENE
Diego Garcia	Wed 1:36 PM	738 km	459 miles	399 nm	SE
Male	Wed 12:36 PM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	NE
Victoria	Wed 11:36 AM	1418 km	881 miles	765 nm	W
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 1:06 PM	1556 km	967 miles	840 nm	NE
Colombo	Wed 1:06 PM	1668 km	1037 miles	901 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 1:06 PM	1671 km	1038 miles	902 nm	NE
Madurai	Wed 1:06 PM	1758 km	1092 miles	949 nm	NE
Bangalore	Wed 1:06 PM	1995 km	1239 miles	1077 nm	NNE
Chennai	Wed 1:06 PM	2180 km	1354 miles	1177 nm	NE