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 Friday, April 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 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 Friday, April 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 32'	North
Longitude:	175° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.93 meters/second, 1659.4 km/hour, 1031.1 miles/hour or 896.0 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"	1031.11 mi	west	0° 00' 56.5"	1.08 mi	north	1031.10 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 14.9"	4.87 mi	west	0° 22' 35.1"	25.87 mi	north	26.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 16'	South
Longitude:	16° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.40 meters/second, 1599.8 km/hour, 994.1 miles/hour or 863.8 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' 27.3"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 13.4"	0.26 mi	south	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 18.10"	993.98 mi	west	0° 13' 21.7"	15.31 mi	south	993.88 mi
24 hours	13° 20' 48.4"	917.76 mi	east	5° 08' 32.1"	353.43 mi	south	978.08 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
Majuro	Fri 12:18 PM	517 km	321 miles	279 nm	W
Tarawa	Fri 12:18 PM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Thu 12:18 PM	1104 km	686 miles	596 nm	SE
Yaren	Fri 12:18 PM	1261 km	784 miles	681 nm	SW
Funafuti	Fri 12:18 PM	1706 km	1060 miles	921 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Fri 12:18 PM	1726 km	1073 miles	932 nm	NW
Palikir	Fri 11:18 AM	1954 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	W
Fakaofo	Fri 1:18 PM	2269 km	1410 miles	1225 nm	SE
Honiara	Fri 11:18 AM	2493 km	1549 miles	1346 nm	SW
Midway	Thu 1:18 PM	2505 km	1556 miles	1352 nm	NNE