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 Monday, March 26, 2012 at 21:24:00 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 Monday, March 26, 2012 at 21:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 38'	North
Longitude:	139° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.44 meters/second, 1668.4 km/hour, 1036.7 miles/hour or 900.9 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"	17.28 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.28 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.3"	1036.76 mi	west	0° 00' 58.7"	1.12 mi	north	1036.75 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 31.2"	5.21 mi	west	0° 23' 27.9"	26.87 mi	north	27.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 21:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 46'	North
Longitude:	95° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.85 meters/second, 1522.3 km/hour, 945.9 miles/hour or 822.0 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' 31.5"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 30.0"	945.63 mi	west	0° 04' 53.0"	5.60 mi	north	945.40 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 44.0"	751.74 mi	east	1° 31' 46.2"	105.23 mi	north	755.41 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
Kiritimati	Tue 11:24 AM	1939 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	W
Papeete	Mon 11:24 AM	2469 km	1534 miles	1333 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Mon 11:24 AM	2837 km	1763 miles	1532 nm	NW
Adamstown	Mon 1:24 PM	3242 km	2015 miles	1751 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Mon 11:24 AM	3414 km	2121 miles	1843 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Tue 10:24 AM	3718 km	2310 miles	2008 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 11:24 AM	3960 km	2460 miles	2138 nm	WSW
Alofi	Mon 10:24 AM	4066 km	2527 miles	2195 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 9:24 AM	4077 km	2534 miles	2202 nm	W
Los Angeles *	Mon 2:24 PM	4143 km	2574 miles	2237 nm	NNE