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 22:48:00 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 22:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 17'	South
Longitude:	160° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.81 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"	1037.58 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.58 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 19.6"	4.99 mi	west	0° 23' 43.6"	27.17 mi	north	27.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 22:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 31'	South
Longitude:	134° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.45 meters/second, 1528.0 km/hour, 949.5 miles/hour or 825.1 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"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 15.1"	949.29 mi	west	0° 07' 02.7"	8.08 mi	north	949.65 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 28.4"	810.74 mi	east	3° 13' 20.4"	221.60 mi	north	847.39 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
Kiritimati	Sat 12:48 PM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Sat 11:48 AM	1515 km	942 miles	818 nm	SW
Baker Island	Fri 10:48 AM	1822 km	1132 miles	984 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 12:48 PM	1885 km	1171 miles	1018 nm	SW
Papeete	Fri 12:48 PM	2139 km	1329 miles	1155 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Fri 12:48 PM	2206 km	1371 miles	1191 nm	S
Alofi	Fri 11:48 AM	2233 km	1388 miles	1206 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Sat 10:48 AM	2419 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 12:48 PM	2513 km	1562 miles	1357 nm	N
Nukualofa	Sat 11:48 AM	2735 km	1699 miles	1477 nm	SW