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, April 5, 2012 at 03:46:00 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, April 5, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 12'	North
Longitude:	123° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.22 meters/second, 1660.4 km/hour, 1031.7 miles/hour or 896.5 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"	17.20 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.20 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.8"	1031.77 mi	west	0° 00' 56.8"	1.08 mi	north	1031.75 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 17.5"	4.92 mi	west	0° 22' 40.9"	25.98 mi	north	26.44 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 38'	South
Longitude:	79° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.41 meters/second, 1610.7 km/hour, 1000.8 miles/hour or 869.7 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' 28.4"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 21.2"	1000.75 mi	west	0° 13' 37.6"	15.61 mi	south	1000.81 mi
24 hours	12° 53' 01.1"	890.87 mi	east	5° 24' 37.3"	371.78 mi	south	963.02 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
Marawi City	Thu 11:46 AM	203 km	126 miles	110 nm	NNE
Davao	Thu 11:46 AM	213 km	132 miles	115 nm	ENE
Isabela City	Thu 11:46 AM	220 km	137 miles	119 nm	WNW
Cagayan de Oro	Thu 11:46 AM	266 km	165 miles	144 nm	NNE
Cebu City	Thu 11:46 AM	451 km	280 miles	244 nm	N
Bacolod	Thu 11:46 AM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	NNW
Iloilo City	Thu 11:46 AM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	NNW
Manado	Thu 11:46 AM	532 km	330 miles	287 nm	SSE
Gorontalo	Thu 11:46 AM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	S
Ternate	Thu 12:46 PM	712 km	443 miles	385 nm	SSE