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 21:00:00 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 21:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 26'	North
Longitude:	135° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 457.68 meters/second, 1647.7 km/hour, 1023.8 miles/hour or 889.7 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"	17.06 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.06 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.2"	1023.80 mi	west	0° 00' 54.0"	1.03 mi	north	1023.78 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 40.3"	4.18 mi	west	0° 21' 30.9"	24.65 mi	north	25.00 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 13, 2012 at 21:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 10'	South
Longitude:	143° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.37 meters/second, 1549.3 km/hour, 962.7 miles/hour or 836.6 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' 29.0"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 11.4"	962.57 mi	west	0° 08' 31.6"	9.77 mi	north	962.96 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 56.3"	794.01 mi	east	3° 43' 11.8"	255.77 mi	north	840.73 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
Kiritimati	Sat 11:00 AM	2590 km	1609 miles	1398 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 11:00 AM	2760 km	1715 miles	1490 nm	WNW
Los Angeles *	Fri 2:00 PM	3230 km	2007 miles	1744 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:00 PM	3334 km	2072 miles	1800 nm	NE
Papeete	Fri 11:00 AM	3375 km	2097 miles	1823 nm	SSW
San Francisco *	Fri 2:00 PM	3390 km	2106 miles	1830 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Fri 2:00 PM	3561 km	2213 miles	1923 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Fri 2:00 PM	3585 km	2228 miles	1936 nm	NNE
Adamstown	Fri 1:00 PM	3856 km	2396 miles	2082 nm	S
Mexico City *	Fri 4:00 PM	4033 km	2506 miles	2178 nm	ENE