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 29, 2012 at 06:08:00 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 29, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 33'	North
Longitude:	88° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.04 meters/second, 1667.0 km/hour, 1035.8 miles/hour or 900.1 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"	17.26 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.26 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.3"	1035.86 mi	west	0° 00' 58.3"	1.11 mi	north	1035.85 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 30.2"	5.18 mi	west	0° 23' 18.7"	26.70 mi	north	27.20 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 51'	North
Longitude:	161° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.37 meters/second, 1498.9 km/hour, 931.4 miles/hour or 809.4 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' 30.0"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 03.4"	931.11 mi	west	0° 00' 44.2"	0.85 mi	south	931.15 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 45.1"	772.49 mi	east	0° 47' 10.4"	54.10 mi	south	776.47 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
Banda Aceh	Thu 1:08 PM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 11:38 AM	1062 km	660 miles	574 nm	WNW
Colombo	Thu 11:38 AM	1069 km	664 miles	577 nm	WNW
Medan	Thu 1:08 PM	1083 km	673 miles	585 nm	E
Madurai	Thu 11:38 AM	1384 km	860 miles	747 nm	WNW
Chennai	Thu 11:38 AM	1417 km	880 miles	765 nm	NW
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 2:08 PM	1423 km	884 miles	768 nm	E
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 11:38 AM	1432 km	890 miles	773 nm	WNW
Bangalore	Thu 11:38 AM	1626 km	1010 miles	878 nm	NW
Yangon	Thu 12:38 PM	1662 km	1033 miles	898 nm	NNE