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 Friday, March 23, 2012 at 18:58:00 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 Friday, March 23, 2012 at 18:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 25'	North
Longitude:	103° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.79 meters/second, 1669.6 km/hour, 1037.5 miles/hour or 901.5 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"	1037.53 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1037.53 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 30.3"	5.19 mi	west	0° 23' 36.8"	27.05 mi	north	27.54 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 23, 2012 at 18:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 09'	North
Longitude:	92° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.31 meters/second, 1595.9 km/hour, 991.7 miles/hour or 861.7 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' 33.6"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 42.1"	991.56 mi	west	0° 10' 01.4"	11.48 mi	north	991.37 mi
24 hours	10° 37' 11.9"	723.19 mi	east	3° 46' 17.4"	259.26 mi	north	763.75 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
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:58 PM	1533 km	953 miles	828 nm	E
Acapulco	Fri 12:58 PM	1744 km	1084 miles	942 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 12:58 PM	2017 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	NE
Mexico City	Fri 12:58 PM	2041 km	1268 miles	1102 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Fri 12:58 PM	2054 km	1277 miles	1109 nm	NE
Veracruz	Fri 12:58 PM	2110 km	1311 miles	1139 nm	NNE
Guadalajara	Fri 12:58 PM	2130 km	1324 miles	1150 nm	N
Managua	Fri 12:58 PM	2213 km	1375 miles	1195 nm	ENE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 12:58 PM	2246 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	NE
Aguascalientes	Fri 12:58 PM	2263 km	1406 miles	1222 nm	N