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 Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 17:34:00 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 Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 17:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 10'	North
Longitude:	82° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.60 meters/second, 1668.9 km/hour, 1037.0 miles/hour or 901.2 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"	1037.10 mi	west	0° 00' 58.9"	1.12 mi	north	1037.10 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 31.1"	5.21 mi	west	0° 23' 31.6"	26.95 mi	north	27.44 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 17:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 56'	North
Longitude:	50° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.27 meters/second, 1549.0 km/hour, 962.5 miles/hour or 836.4 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' 32.4"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 26.3"	962.27 mi	west	0° 07' 10.3"	8.22 mi	north	962.00 mi
24 hours	11° 10' 46.6"	739.92 mi	east	2° 30' 19.3"	172.32 mi	north	754.69 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
Quito	Sun 12:34 PM	503 km	312 miles	271 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Sun 12:34 PM	556 km	345 miles	300 nm	SSE
Cali	Sun 12:34 PM	662 km	411 miles	358 nm	ENE
Panama	Sun 12:34 PM	816 km	507 miles	440 nm	NNE
Medellin	Sun 12:34 PM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Sun 11:34 AM	878 km	545 miles	474 nm	WSW
San Jose	Sun 11:34 AM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	NNW
Bogota	Sun 12:34 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	ENE
Managua	Sun 11:34 AM	1185 km	736 miles	640 nm	NNW
Tegucigalpa	Sun 11:34 AM	1423 km	884 miles	769 nm	NNW