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 20:08:00 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 20:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 28'	North
Longitude:	121° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.99 meters/second, 1659.6 km/hour, 1031.2 miles/hour or 896.1 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"	17.19 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.19 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.7"	1031.25 mi	west	0° 00' 56.5"	1.08 mi	north	1031.23 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 15.5"	4.88 mi	west	0° 22' 36.2"	25.89 mi	north	26.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 20:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 20'	South
Longitude:	43° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.25 meters/second, 1602.9 km/hour, 996.0 miles/hour or 865.5 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' 27.5"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 13.5"	0.26 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 32.9"	995.89 mi	west	0° 13' 28.4"	15.43 mi	south	995.82 mi
24 hours	13° 14' 49.1"	912.40 mi	east	5° 13' 13.9"	358.79 mi	south	975.62 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
Mazatlan *	Thu 2:08 PM	2470 km	1535 miles	1334 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Thu 3:08 PM	2524 km	1568 miles	1363 nm	NE
Acapulco *	Thu 3:08 PM	2629 km	1633 miles	1419 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Thu 1:08 PM	2743 km	1704 miles	1481 nm	NNE
Mexico City *	Thu 3:08 PM	2827 km	1757 miles	1527 nm	ENE
Los Angeles *	Thu 1:08 PM	3075 km	1910 miles	1660 nm	N
Phoenix	Thu 1:08 PM	3147 km	1956 miles	1699 nm	NNE
Las Vegas *	Thu 1:08 PM	3352 km	2083 miles	1810 nm	N
San Francisco *	Thu 1:08 PM	3468 km	2155 miles	1872 nm	N
Guatemala	Thu 2:08 PM	3519 km	2187 miles	1900 nm	ENE