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 Monday, April 16, 2012 at 06:12:00 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 Monday, April 16, 2012 at 06:12:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 17'	North
Longitude:	86° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.51 meters/second, 1643.4 km/hour, 1021.2 miles/hour or 887.4 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' 00.0"	17.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.02 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.7"	1021.15 mi	west	0° 00' 53.0"	1.01 mi	north	1021.13 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 26.7"	3.91 mi	west	0° 21' 07.4"	24.20 mi	north	24.51 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 16, 2012 at 06:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 32'	South
Longitude:	32° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.05 meters/second, 1609.4 km/hour, 1000.0 miles/hour or 869.0 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' 33.0"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 01.5"	999.99 mi	west	0° 11' 09.3"	12.78 mi	north	1000.26 mi
24 hours	10° 36' 56.5"	729.58 mi	east	4° 31' 21.3"	310.78 mi	north	795.35 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
Trincomalee	Mon 11:42 AM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	WSW
Port Blair	Mon 11:42 AM	656 km	408 miles	354 nm	ENE
Chennai	Mon 11:42 AM	760 km	472 miles	410 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:42 AM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	WSW
Colombo	Mon 11:42 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	WSW
Visakhapatnam	Mon 11:42 AM	900 km	559 miles	486 nm	NNW
Madurai	Mon 11:42 AM	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	W
Bangalore	Mon 11:42 AM	1036 km	644 miles	559 nm	WNW
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 11:42 AM	1085 km	674 miles	586 nm	W
Anantapur	Mon 11:42 AM	1100 km	683 miles	594 nm	WNW