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 05:58:00 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 05:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 37'	North
Longitude:	90° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.85 meters/second, 1659.1 km/hour, 1030.9 miles/hour or 895.8 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"	17.18 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.18 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.7"	1030.93 mi	west	0° 00' 56.5"	1.08 mi	north	1030.91 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 14.2"	4.85 mi	west	0° 22' 33.4"	25.84 mi	north	26.29 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 05:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 31'	South
Longitude:	98° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.06 meters/second, 1595.0 km/hour, 991.1 miles/hour or 861.2 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' 26.9"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 59.4"	990.98 mi	west	0° 13' 09.8"	15.08 mi	south	990.84 mi
24 hours	13° 29' 08.5"	924.86 mi	east	5° 00' 57.6"	344.77 mi	south	980.91 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
Banda Aceh	Fri 12:58 PM	512 km	318 miles	276 nm	ESE
Port Blair	Fri 11:28 AM	588 km	366 miles	318 nm	NNE
Medan	Fri 12:58 PM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	ESE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 11:28 AM	1205 km	749 miles	651 nm	W
Colombo	Fri 11:28 AM	1211 km	752 miles	654 nm	W
Yangon	Fri 12:28 PM	1264 km	785 miles	682 nm	NNE
Kuala Lumpur	Fri 1:58 PM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	ESE
Bangkok	Fri 12:58 PM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	NE
Chennai	Fri 11:28 AM	1357 km	843 miles	733 nm	WNW
Madurai	Fri 11:28 AM	1446 km	898 miles	781 nm	WNW