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, April 2, 2012 at 19:58:00 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 Monday, April 2, 2012 at 19:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 19'	North
Longitude:	118° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.94 meters/second, 1663.0 km/hour, 1033.3 miles/hour or 897.9 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"	17.22 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.22 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.9"	1033.38 mi	west	0° 00' 57.3"	1.10 mi	north	1033.37 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 23.5"	5.04 mi	west	0° 22' 55.4"	26.26 mi	north	26.73 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 2, 2012 at 19:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 16'	North
Longitude:	9° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.17 meters/second, 1588.2 km/hour, 986.9 miles/hour or 857.6 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' 29.7"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 46.9"	986.76 mi	west	0° 11' 22.6"	13.03 mi	south	987.14 mi
24 hours	12° 08' 48.8"	826.85 mi	east	4° 50' 28.9"	332.73 mi	south	896.22 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
Guadalajara *	Mon 2:58 PM	2392 km	1486 miles	1292 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Mon 1:58 PM	2394 km	1487 miles	1292 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Mon 2:58 PM	2433 km	1512 miles	1314 nm	ENE
Aguascalientes *	Mon 2:58 PM	2561 km	1591 miles	1383 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Mon 2:58 PM	2654 km	1649 miles	1433 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Mon 12:58 PM	2759 km	1715 miles	1490 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Mon 12:58 PM	3182 km	1977 miles	1718 nm	N
Phoenix	Mon 12:58 PM	3194 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Mon 1:58 PM	3275 km	2035 miles	1768 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Mon 1:58 PM	3333 km	2071 miles	1800 nm	E