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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 08:20:00 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 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 08:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 09'	North
Longitude:	55° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.27 meters/second, 1653.4 km/hour, 1027.4 miles/hour or 892.7 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"	17.12 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.12 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.0"	1027.36 mi	west	0° 00' 55.3"	1.05 mi	north	1027.35 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 58.0"	4.53 mi	west	0° 22' 02.3"	25.24 mi	north	25.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 08:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 36'	South
Longitude:	75° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.78 meters/second, 1489.6 km/hour, 925.6 miles/hour or 804.3 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' 23.2"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 10.8"	925.34 mi	west	0° 01' 52.7"	2.16 mi	south	925.24 mi
24 hours	14° 33' 38.0"	936.53 mi	east	0° 02' 47.1"	3.20 mi	south	936.39 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
Bosaso	Tue 11:20 AM	730 km	454 miles	394 nm	WNW
Salalah	Tue 12:20 PM	986 km	613 miles	533 nm	N
Aden	Tue 11:20 AM	1214 km	755 miles	656 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Tue 11:20 AM	1269 km	789 miles	685 nm	WSW
Djibouti	Tue 11:20 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	WNW
Victoria	Tue 12:20 PM	1413 km	878 miles	763 nm	S
Sana	Tue 11:20 AM	1423 km	884 miles	768 nm	NW
Muscat	Tue 12:20 PM	1751 km	1088 miles	946 nm	NNE
Addis Ababa	Tue 11:20 AM	1795 km	1115 miles	969 nm	W
Abu Dhabi	Tue 12:20 PM	1806 km	1122 miles	975 nm	N