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 22:22:00 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 Monday, March 19, 2012 at 22:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 07'	South
Longitude:	153° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.93 meters/second, 1670.1 km/hour, 1037.8 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"	1037.84 mi	west	0° 00' 59.2"	1.13 mi	north	1037.84 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 25.7"	5.11 mi	west	0° 23' 42.9"	27.16 mi	north	27.64 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 19, 2012 at 22:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 07'	South
Longitude:	175° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.38 meters/second, 1607.0 km/hour, 998.5 miles/hour or 867.7 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' 32.6"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 11.1"	0.21 mi	north	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 46.1"	998.50 mi	west	0° 11' 15.4"	12.89 mi	north	998.79 mi
24 hours	349° 16' 37.6"	736.07 mi	west	4° 34' 47.6"	314.72 mi	north	803.17 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	Tue 12:22 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	WNW
Papeete	Mon 12:22 PM	1984 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	SSE
Fakaofo	Tue 11:22 AM	2177 km	1353 miles	1175 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Mon 12:22 PM	2409 km	1497 miles	1301 nm	N
Rarotonga	Mon 12:22 PM	2422 km	1505 miles	1308 nm	SSW
Apia *	Tue 12:22 PM	2487 km	1545 miles	1343 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 10:22 AM	2514 km	1562 miles	1357 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 11:22 AM	2729 km	1696 miles	1474 nm	SW
Funafuti	Tue 10:22 AM	3123 km	1941 miles	1686 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Tue 11:22 AM	3281 km	2039 miles	1771 nm	SW