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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 07:18:00 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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 07:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 23'	North
Longitude:	70° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.09 meters/second, 1656.3 km/hour, 1029.2 miles/hour or 894.4 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"	17.15 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.15 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.3"	1029.22 mi	west	0° 00' 55.8"	1.07 mi	north	1029.21 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 06.8"	4.70 mi	west	0° 22' 18.5"	25.55 mi	north	25.98 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 07:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 59'	South
Longitude:	89° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.05 meters/second, 1533.8 km/hour, 953.0 miles/hour or 828.2 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' 24.1"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 01.6"	952.81 mi	west	0° 09' 02.7"	10.37 mi	south	952.49 mi
24 hours	14° 34' 51.8"	964.76 mi	east	3° 00' 18.5"	206.70 mi	south	978.65 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
Kulhudhuffushi	Sun 12:18 PM	278 km	173 miles	150 nm	ESE
Male	Sun 12:18 PM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	SE
Kochi	Sun 12:48 PM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	ENE
Thiruvananthapuram	Sun 12:48 PM	703 km	437 miles	380 nm	E
Mangalore	Sun 12:48 PM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	NE
Madurai	Sun 12:48 PM	866 km	538 miles	467 nm	ENE
Addu City	Sun 12:18 PM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	SSE
Bangalore	Sun 12:48 PM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	NE
Colombo	Sun 12:48 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	E
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:48 PM	1023 km	636 miles	552 nm	E