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 20:42:00 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 20:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 20'	North
Longitude:	129° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.93 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"	1033.36 mi	west	0° 00' 57.3"	1.10 mi	north	1033.35 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 23.5"	5.04 mi	west	0° 22' 55.3"	26.25 mi	north	26.73 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 2, 2012 at 20:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 08'	North
Longitude:	1° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.36 meters/second, 1588.9 km/hour, 987.3 miles/hour or 857.9 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' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 46.4"	987.18 mi	west	0° 11' 25.7"	13.09 mi	south	987.56 mi
24 hours	12° 09' 04.9"	827.52 mi	east	4° 51' 31.3"	333.92 mi	south	897.21 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 10:42 AM	3067 km	1906 miles	1656 nm	W
Hermosillo	Mon 1:42 PM	3301 km	2051 miles	1782 nm	NE
Papeete	Mon 10:42 AM	3324 km	2066 miles	1795 nm	SW
Adamstown	Mon 12:42 PM	3363 km	2090 miles	1816 nm	S
Los Angeles *	Mon 1:42 PM	3401 km	2113 miles	1836 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Mon 10:42 AM	3492 km	2170 miles	1886 nm	WNW
Phoenix	Mon 1:42 PM	3621 km	2250 miles	1955 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Mon 1:42 PM	3672 km	2282 miles	1983 nm	N
Mexico City *	Mon 3:42 PM	3684 km	2289 miles	1989 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Mon 1:42 PM	3731 km	2318 miles	2015 nm	NNE