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 Friday, March 16, 2012 at 15:58:00 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 Friday, March 16, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 24'	South
Longitude:	57° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.79 meters/second, 1669.6 km/hour, 1037.5 miles/hour or 901.5 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' 10.7"	1037.53 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.53 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 18.9"	4.97 mi	west	0° 23' 43.5"	27.17 mi	north	27.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 16'	South
Longitude:	126° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.30 meters/second, 1520.3 km/hour, 944.7 miles/hour or 820.9 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' 27.7"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 44.6"	944.46 mi	west	0° 06' 21.6"	7.29 mi	north	944.79 mi
24 hours	12° 33' 36.1"	820.29 mi	east	2° 58' 57.9"	205.15 mi	north	852.39 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	Fri 11:58 AM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	SW
Santarém	Fri 12:58 PM	347 km	215 miles	187 nm	ESE
Boa Vista	Fri 11:58 AM	581 km	361 miles	313 nm	NW
Nieuw Nickerie	Fri 12:58 PM	815 km	507 miles	440 nm	N
Linden	Fri 11:58 AM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	N
Paramaribo	Fri 12:58 PM	846 km	525 miles	457 nm	NNE
New Amsterdam	Fri 11:58 AM	846 km	526 miles	457 nm	N
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Fri 12:58 PM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	NNE
Georgetown	Fri 11:58 AM	910 km	566 miles	492 nm	N
Cayenne	Fri 12:58 PM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	NE