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 17:50:00 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 17:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 22'	South
Longitude:	85° 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"	1037.54 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.55 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 19.1"	4.98 mi	west	0° 23' 43.6"	27.17 mi	north	27.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 17:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 04'	South
Longitude:	153° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.87 meters/second, 1522.3 km/hour, 945.9 miles/hour or 822.0 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"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 53.0"	945.75 mi	west	0° 06' 33.1"	7.51 mi	north	946.09 mi
24 hours	12° 30' 16.8"	817.66 mi	east	3° 03' 00.7"	209.78 mi	north	851.01 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
Galapagos Islands	Fri 11:50 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	W
Guayaquil	Fri 12:50 PM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	E
Quito	Fri 12:50 PM	807 km	502 miles	436 nm	E
Cali	Fri 12:50 PM	1148 km	714 miles	620 nm	ENE
San Jose	Fri 11:50 AM	1263 km	785 miles	682 nm	N
Panama	Fri 12:50 PM	1334 km	829 miles	720 nm	NNE
Medellin	Fri 12:50 PM	1401 km	870 miles	756 nm	NE
Bogota	Fri 12:50 PM	1449 km	901 miles	783 nm	ENE
Managua	Fri 11:50 AM	1497 km	930 miles	808 nm	N
Lima	Fri 12:50 PM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	SE