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 23:14:00 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 23:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 05'	North
Longitude:	167° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.84 meters/second, 1669.8 km/hour, 1037.6 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' 11.2"	1037.66 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1037.66 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 29.6"	5.18 mi	west	0° 23' 38.6"	27.08 mi	north	27.57 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 23:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 43'	North
Longitude:	165° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.38 meters/second, 1610.6 km/hour, 1000.8 miles/hour or 869.6 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"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 57.8"	1000.72 mi	west	0° 10' 48.8"	12.39 mi	north	1000.61 mi
24 hours	10° 28' 13.5"	719.35 mi	east	4° 08' 50.9"	285.05 mi	north	770.34 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
Rawaki	Fri 12:14 PM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	SW
Baker Island	Thu 11:14 AM	1046 km	650 miles	565 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 1:14 PM	1093 km	679 miles	590 nm	E
Fakaofo	Fri 12:14 PM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	SSW
Apia *	Fri 1:14 PM	1728 km	1074 miles	933 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Fri 11:14 AM	1851 km	1150 miles	999 nm	SW
Tarawa	Fri 11:14 AM	2213 km	1375 miles	1195 nm	W
Alofi	Thu 12:14 PM	2248 km	1397 miles	1214 nm	S
Honolulu	Thu 1:14 PM	2453 km	1524 miles	1325 nm	NNE
Majuro	Fri 11:14 AM	2497 km	1552 miles	1348 nm	WNW