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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 05:28:00 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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 05:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 23'	South
Longitude:	99° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.92 meters/second, 1670.1 km/hour, 1037.7 miles/hour or 901.8 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"	17.30 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.30 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.9"	1037.82 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.82 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 24.4"	5.08 mi	west	0° 23' 43.5"	27.17 mi	north	27.64 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 19, 2012 at 05:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 13'	South
Longitude:	61° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.33 meters/second, 1592.4 km/hour, 989.5 miles/hour or 859.8 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' 31.8"	16.49 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.20 mi	north	16.49 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 57.1"	989.39 mi	west	0° 10' 43.5"	12.29 mi	north	989.75 mi
24 hours	10° 59' 40.2"	748.55 mi	east	4° 26' 14.3"	304.96 mi	north	812.40 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
Bukittinggi	Mon 12:28 PM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	E
Padang	Mon 12:28 PM	97 km	60 miles	52 nm	SE
Pekanbaru	Mon 12:28 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	ENE
Pematangsiantar	Mon 12:28 PM	380 km	236 miles	205 nm	N
Seremban	Mon 1:28 PM	423 km	263 miles	229 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Mon 1:28 PM	451 km	280 miles	244 nm	NNE
Medan	Mon 12:28 PM	453 km	282 miles	245 nm	NNW
Jambi	Mon 12:28 PM	460 km	286 miles	249 nm	ESE
Bengkulu	Mon 12:28 PM	475 km	295 miles	256 nm	SE
Johor Bahru	Mon 1:28 PM	501 km	312 miles	271 nm	ENE