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 21:16:00 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 21:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 51'	North
Longitude:	138° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.63 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"	1030.42 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	north	1030.40 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 12.0"	4.81 mi	west	0° 22' 29.0"	25.75 mi	north	26.20 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 6, 2012 at 21:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 48'	South
Longitude:	40° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.55 meters/second, 1578.8 km/hour, 981.0 miles/hour or 852.5 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' 26.1"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 03.0"	980.86 mi	west	0° 12' 20.2"	14.14 mi	south	980.62 mi
24 hours	13° 52' 02.3"	942.34 mi	east	4° 33' 39.2"	313.55 mi	south	985.39 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
Kiritimati	Sat 11:16 AM	2137 km	1328 miles	1154 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 11:16 AM	2607 km	1620 miles	1408 nm	NW
Papeete	Fri 11:16 AM	2949 km	1833 miles	1592 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Fri 1:16 PM	3653 km	2270 miles	1973 nm	SSE
Los Angeles *	Fri 2:16 PM	3674 km	2283 miles	1984 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Fri 2:16 PM	3799 km	2360 miles	2051 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:16 PM	3812 km	2369 miles	2058 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Fri 11:16 AM	3866 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sat 10:16 AM	4027 km	2502 miles	2174 nm	WSW
Phoenix	Fri 2:16 PM	4027 km	2502 miles	2175 nm	NE