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 Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 08:26:00 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 Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 08:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 02'	North
Longitude:	53° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.45 meters/second, 1657.6 km/hour, 1030.0 miles/hour or 895.1 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"	17.17 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.17 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.4"	1030.03 mi	west	0° 00' 56.1"	1.07 mi	north	1030.02 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 10.3"	4.78 mi	west	0° 22' 25.6"	25.69 mi	north	26.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 08:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 01'	South
Longitude:	120° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.64 meters/second, 1564.7 km/hour, 972.3 miles/hour or 844.9 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' 25.3"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 20.8"	972.07 mi	west	0° 11' 28.4"	13.15 mi	south	971.78 mi
24 hours	14° 08' 08.1"	952.74 mi	east	4° 07' 37.4"	283.78 mi	south	985.69 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
Bosaso	Sat 11:26 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	NW
Mogadishu	Sat 11:26 AM	1083 km	673 miles	585 nm	WSW
Aden	Sat 11:26 AM	1153 km	716 miles	623 nm	NW
Djibouti	Sat 11:26 AM	1268 km	788 miles	685 nm	WNW
Victoria	Sat 12:26 PM	1303 km	809 miles	703 nm	S
Sana	Sat 11:26 AM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Sat 11:26 AM	1666 km	1035 miles	900 nm	W
Asmara	Sat 11:26 AM	1858 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	WNW
Muscat	Sat 12:26 PM	1905 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	NNE
Abu Dhabi	Sat 12:26 PM	1929 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	N