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 21:22:00 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 21:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 19'	South
Longitude:	138° 41'	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"	1037.57 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.57 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 19.5"	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 21:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 41'	South
Longitude:	155° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.99 meters/second, 1526.4 km/hour, 948.4 miles/hour or 824.2 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"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 08.7"	948.26 mi	west	0° 06' 54.2"	7.92 mi	north	948.61 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 00.3"	812.72 mi	east	3° 10' 25.5"	218.27 mi	north	848.42 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
Taiohae	Fri 11:52 AM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	S
Kiritimati	Sat 11:22 AM	2106 km	1309 miles	1137 nm	W
Papeete	Fri 11:22 AM	2154 km	1338 miles	1163 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Fri 1:22 PM	2785 km	1730 miles	1504 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Fri 11:22 AM	3178 km	1975 miles	1716 nm	SW
Honolulu	Fri 11:22 AM	3259 km	2025 miles	1760 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Sat 10:22 AM	3713 km	2307 miles	2005 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sat 11:22 AM	3898 km	2422 miles	2105 nm	WSW
Alofi	Fri 10:22 AM	3931 km	2443 miles	2123 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Fri 9:22 AM	4211 km	2617 miles	2274 nm	W