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 07:26:00 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 Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 07:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 23'	North
Longitude:	68° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.09 meters/second, 1656.3 km/hour, 1029.2 miles/hour or 894.3 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	1029.20 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 06.7"	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 07:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 60'	South
Longitude:	91° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.00 meters/second, 1533.6 km/hour, 952.9 miles/hour or 828.1 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' 23.9"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 01.2"	952.70 mi	west	0° 09' 01.6"	10.35 mi	south	952.38 mi
24 hours	14° 34' 58.9"	964.79 mi	east	2° 59' 52.2"	206.20 mi	south	978.58 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 12:26 PM	493 km	307 miles	266 nm	E
Male	Sun 12:26 PM	643 km	400 miles	347 nm	ESE
Mangalore	Sun 12:56 PM	907 km	563 miles	490 nm	NE
Thiruvananthapuram	Sun 12:56 PM	921 km	572 miles	497 nm	E
Madurai	Sun 12:56 PM	1076 km	669 miles	581 nm	ENE
Bangalore	Sun 12:56 PM	1153 km	716 miles	622 nm	ENE
Colombo	Sun 12:56 PM	1238 km	769 miles	668 nm	E
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:56 PM	1244 km	773 miles	671 nm	E
Anantapur	Sun 12:56 PM	1265 km	786 miles	683 nm	NE
Pune	Sun 12:56 PM	1353 km	841 miles	730 nm	NNE