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, April 1, 2012 at 08:58:00 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 Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 08:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 46'	North
Longitude:	46° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.34 meters/second, 1664.4 km/hour, 1034.2 miles/hour or 898.7 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"	17.24 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.24 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.1"	1034.27 mi	west	0° 00' 57.7"	1.10 mi	north	1034.26 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 26.3"	5.10 mi	west	0° 23' 03.6"	26.41 mi	north	26.90 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 04'	North
Longitude:	156° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.91 meters/second, 1551.3 km/hour, 963.9 miles/hour or 837.6 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' 29.9"	16.07 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	south	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 51.5"	963.73 mi	west	0° 08' 28.7"	9.72 mi	south	964.12 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 11.8"	801.29 mi	east	3° 48' 02.1"	261.31 mi	south	849.50 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
Mogadishu	Sun 11:58 AM	315 km	196 miles	170 nm	SSW
Hargeisa	Sun 11:58 AM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	NNW
Dire Dawa	Sun 11:58 AM	716 km	445 miles	387 nm	NW
Bosaso	Sun 11:58 AM	794 km	493 miles	429 nm	NNE
Ali Sabieh	Sun 11:58 AM	804 km	499 miles	434 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Sun 11:58 AM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	NNW
Tadjoura	Sun 11:58 AM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	NNW
Adama	Sun 11:58 AM	870 km	540 miles	470 nm	WNW
Aden	Sun 11:58 AM	902 km	561 miles	487 nm	N
Addis Ababa	Sun 11:58 AM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	WNW