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 Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 08:42:00 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 Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 55'	South
Longitude:	51° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.66 meters/second, 1669.2 km/hour, 1037.2 miles/hour or 901.3 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"	17.29 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.29 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.6"	1037.25 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.26 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 15.4"	4.90 mi	west	0° 23' 42.7"	27.16 mi	north	27.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	South
Longitude:	35° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.91 meters/second, 1493.7 km/hour, 928.1 miles/hour or 806.5 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' 25.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 39.10"	927.88 mi	west	0° 02' 38.9"	3.04 mi	north	928.02 mi
24 hours	13° 26' 57.0"	864.98 mi	east	1° 38' 19.2"	112.74 mi	north	877.03 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	Thu 12:42 PM	537 km	334 miles	290 nm	SE
Mogadishu	Thu 11:42 AM	807 km	502 miles	436 nm	WNW
Moroni	Thu 11:42 AM	1402 km	871 miles	757 nm	SW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 11:42 AM	1453 km	903 miles	784 nm	WSW
Nairobi	Thu 11:42 AM	1628 km	1012 miles	879 nm	W
Djibouti	Thu 11:42 AM	1753 km	1089 miles	946 nm	NNW
Aden	Thu 11:42 AM	1780 km	1106 miles	961 nm	NNW
Dodoma	Thu 11:42 AM	1804 km	1121 miles	974 nm	WSW
Addis Ababa	Thu 11:42 AM	1855 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Thu 11:42 AM	1928 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	SSW