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 20:34:00 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 20:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 51'	North
Longitude:	128° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.64 meters/second, 1658.3 km/hour, 1030.4 miles/hour or 895.4 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"	17.17 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.17 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.6"	1030.44 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	north	1030.43 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 12.0"	4.81 mi	west	0° 22' 29.2"	25.76 mi	north	26.20 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 20:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 39'	South
Longitude:	50° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.78 meters/second, 1579.6 km/hour, 981.5 miles/hour or 852.9 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' 26.1"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 05.7"	981.37 mi	west	0° 12' 23.2"	14.19 mi	south	981.14 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 00.0"	941.61 mi	east	4° 35' 07.0"	315.23 mi	south	985.29 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
Hermosillo	Fri 1:34 PM	3055 km	1898 miles	1650 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 1:34 PM	3182 km	1977 miles	1718 nm	NNE
Kiritimati	Sat 10:34 AM	3276 km	2036 miles	1769 nm	W
Phoenix	Fri 1:34 PM	3384 km	2103 miles	1827 nm	NNE
Mexico City *	Fri 3:34 PM	3439 km	2137 miles	1857 nm	ENE
San Francisco *	Fri 1:34 PM	3474 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	N
Las Vegas *	Fri 1:34 PM	3506 km	2179 miles	1893 nm	NNE
Adamstown	Fri 12:34 PM	3536 km	2197 miles	1909 nm	S
Honolulu	Fri 10:34 AM	3567 km	2216 miles	1926 nm	WNW
Papeete	Fri 10:34 AM	3575 km	2221 miles	1930 nm	SW