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 20:50:00 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 20:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 19'	South
Longitude:	130° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.80 meters/second, 1669.7 km/hour, 1037.5 miles/hour or 901.6 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"	1037.56 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.57 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 19.3"	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 20:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 44'	South
Longitude:	162° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.82 meters/second, 1525.8 km/hour, 948.1 miles/hour or 823.8 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' 28.1"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 06.2"	947.87 mi	west	0° 06' 51.1"	7.86 mi	north	948.23 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 57.0"	813.46 mi	east	3° 09' 19.6"	217.01 mi	north	848.81 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
Adamstown	Fri 12:50 PM	2628 km	1633 miles	1419 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 10:50 AM	2736 km	1700 miles	1478 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sat 10:50 AM	2988 km	1857 miles	1613 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 3:50 PM	3650 km	2268 miles	1971 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Fri 10:50 AM	3850 km	2392 miles	2079 nm	SW
Honolulu	Fri 10:50 AM	3876 km	2408 miles	2093 nm	NW
Hermosillo	Fri 1:50 PM	3965 km	2464 miles	2141 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Fri 1:50 PM	4126 km	2564 miles	2228 nm	NNE
Mexico City	Fri 2:50 PM	4140 km	2573 miles	2236 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 1:50 PM	4315 km	2681 miles	2330 nm	NNE