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 Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 04:48:00 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 Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 04:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 12'	South
Longitude:	109° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.82 meters/second, 1669.8 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"	1037.62 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.62 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 20.1"	5.00 mi	west	0° 23' 43.7"	27.18 mi	north	27.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 04:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	South
Longitude:	47° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.44 meters/second, 1535.2 km/hour, 953.9 miles/hour or 828.9 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' 28.6"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 42.0"	953.74 mi	west	0° 07' 36.2"	8.72 mi	north	954.12 mi
24 hours	12° 10' 57.6"	802.58 mi	east	3° 24' 58.0"	234.91 mi	north	843.11 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
Pontianak	Sat 11:48 AM	139 km	86 miles	75 nm	NNW
Kuching	Sat 12:48 PM	310 km	193 miles	168 nm	N
Pangkal Pinang	Sat 11:48 AM	423 km	263 miles	228 nm	WSW
Palangka Raya	Sat 11:48 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	ESE
Banjarmasin	Sat 12:48 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	ESE
Palembang	Sat 11:48 AM	595 km	370 miles	321 nm	WSW
Kudus	Sat 11:48 AM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	S
Pekalongan	Sat 11:48 AM	631 km	392 miles	341 nm	S
Cirebon	Sat 11:48 AM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	SSW
Tegal	Sat 11:48 AM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	S