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 18:50:00 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 18:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 21'	South
Longitude:	100° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.79 meters/second, 1669.7 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' 10.8"	1037.55 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 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 58'	South
Longitude:	168° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.19 meters/second, 1523.5 km/hour, 946.6 miles/hour or 822.6 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' 27.9"	15.78 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	north	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 57.3"	946.45 mi	west	0° 06' 39.2"	7.63 mi	north	946.80 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 30.0"	816.25 mi	east	3° 05' 08.5"	212.22 mi	north	850.27 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 12:50 PM	1233 km	766 miles	666 nm	E
Acapulco	Fri 12:50 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	N
Guatemala	Fri 12:50 PM	2090 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Fri 12:50 PM	2092 km	1300 miles	1129 nm	NE
Managua	Fri 12:50 PM	2184 km	1357 miles	1179 nm	NE
San Jose	Fri 12:50 PM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	NE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 12:50 PM	2261 km	1405 miles	1221 nm	NE
Mexico City	Fri 12:50 PM	2305 km	1432 miles	1244 nm	N
Guayaquil	Fri 1:50 PM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	E
Veracruz	Fri 12:50 PM	2325 km	1445 miles	1255 nm	NNE