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 13, 2012 at 03:00:00 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 13, 2012 at 03:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 10'	North
Longitude:	134° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 458.04 meters/second, 1648.9 km/hour, 1024.6 miles/hour or 890.3 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"	17.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.08 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.4"	1024.59 mi	west	0° 00' 54.3"	1.04 mi	north	1024.57 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 44.3"	4.26 mi	west	0° 21' 38.0"	24.78 mi	north	25.14 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 13, 2012 at 03:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 29'	South
Longitude:	43° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.22 meters/second, 1527.2 km/hour, 948.9 miles/hour or 824.6 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' 27.5"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 36.5"	948.77 mi	west	0° 06' 57.9"	7.98 mi	north	949.13 mi
24 hours	12° 33' 04.0"	823.57 mi	east	3° 11' 30.0"	219.50 mi	north	859.27 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
Melekeok	Fri 12:00 Noon	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	S
Koror	Fri 12:00 Noon	205 km	128 miles	111 nm	SSW
Davao	Fri 11:00 AM	1044 km	649 miles	564 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Fri 12:00 Noon	1112 km	691 miles	601 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 1:00 PM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	ENE
Manado	Fri 11:00 AM	1396 km	868 miles	754 nm	SW
Jayapura	Fri 12:00 Noon	1447 km	899 miles	782 nm	SSE
Gorontalo	Fri 11:00 AM	1618 km	1005 miles	874 nm	SW
Quezon	Fri 11:00 AM	1622 km	1008 miles	876 nm	WNW
Manila	Fri 11:00 AM	1625 km	1010 miles	877 nm	WNW