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 Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 01:58:00 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 Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 32'	North
Longitude:	151° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.76 meters/second, 1669.6 km/hour, 1037.4 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' 11.3"	1037.48 mi	west	0° 00' 59.0"	1.13 mi	north	1037.48 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 30.4"	5.19 mi	west	0° 23' 36.1"	27.03 mi	north	27.53 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 18'	North
Longitude:	165° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.56 meters/second, 1589.6 km/hour, 987.7 miles/hour or 858.3 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' 33.5"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 33.6"	987.64 mi	west	0° 09' 40.8"	11.09 mi	north	987.42 mi
24 hours	10° 41' 21.0"	725.14 mi	east	3° 36' 51.0"	248.47 mi	north	761.75 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
Palikir	Sat 12:58 PM	925 km	575 miles	499 nm	NE
Arawa	Sat 11:58 AM	954 km	593 miles	515 nm	SSE
Jayapura	Sat 10:58 AM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	WSW
Port Moresby	Sat 11:58 AM	1317 km	818 miles	711 nm	SSW
Honiara	Sat 12:58 PM	1512 km	940 miles	817 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 11:58 AM	1533 km	952 miles	827 nm	NNW
Yaren	Sat 1:58 PM	1699 km	1055 miles	917 nm	E
Manokwari	Sat 10:58 AM	1991 km	1237 miles	1075 nm	W
Melekeok	Sat 10:58 AM	2016 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	WNW
Cairns	Sat 11:58 AM	2145 km	1333 miles	1158 nm	SSW