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 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 17:54:00 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 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 17:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 40'	North
Longitude:	88° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.67 meters/second, 1662.0 km/hour, 1032.7 miles/hour or 897.4 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"	17.21 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.21 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.8"	1032.77 mi	west	0° 00' 57.1"	1.09 mi	north	1032.76 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 21.4"	5.00 mi	west	0° 22' 50.0"	26.15 mi	north	26.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 17:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 52'	North
Longitude:	51° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.82 meters/second, 1604.9 km/hour, 997.3 miles/hour or 866.6 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' 29.5"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 27.4"	997.18 mi	west	0° 12' 41.7"	14.54 mi	south	997.48 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 15.3"	849.01 mi	east	5° 15' 36.9"	361.46 mi	south	925.33 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
Alajuela	Tue 11:54 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	NE
San Jose	Tue 11:54 AM	640 km	398 miles	345 nm	NE
Masaya	Tue 11:54 AM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	NNE
Managua	Tue 11:54 AM	742 km	461 miles	401 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Tue 11:54 AM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	SSW
San Miguel	Tue 11:54 AM	864 km	537 miles	467 nm	N
San Salvador	Tue 11:54 AM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	N
Tegucigalpa	Tue 11:54 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	N
Santa Ana	Tue 11:54 AM	936 km	582 miles	505 nm	N
Escuintla	Tue 11:54 AM	1002 km	623 miles	541 nm	NNW