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 Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 16:28:00 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 Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 16:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 59'	North
Longitude:	65° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.86 meters/second, 1669.9 km/hour, 1037.6 miles/hour or 901.7 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' 11.2"	1037.70 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1037.70 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 29.3"	5.17 mi	west	0° 23' 39.2"	27.09 mi	north	27.58 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 16:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 29'	North
Longitude:	66° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.43 meters/second, 1614.3 km/hour, 1003.1 miles/hour or 871.7 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' 34.0"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 00.3"	1003.07 mi	west	0° 11' 01.4"	12.63 mi	north	1002.99 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 13.1"	718.70 mi	east	4° 15' 09.8"	292.27 mi	north	772.88 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
Boa Vista	Thu 12:28 PM	582 km	361 miles	314 nm	ENE
Manaus	Thu 12:28 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	SE
Linden	Thu 12:28 PM	987 km	613 miles	533 nm	NE
Bogota	Thu 11:28 AM	1026 km	638 miles	554 nm	WNW
Georgetown	Thu 12:28 PM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	NE
Caracas	Thu 11:58 AM	1063 km	660 miles	574 nm	N
Port of Spain	Thu 12:28 PM	1160 km	721 miles	626 nm	NNE
Cali	Thu 11:28 AM	1242 km	771 miles	670 nm	WNW
Medellin	Thu 11:28 AM	1254 km	779 miles	677 nm	WNW
Paramaribo	Thu 1:28 PM	1277 km	794 miles	690 nm	ENE