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 17, 2012 at 14:48:00 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 17, 2012 at 14:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 46'	North
Longitude:	42° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.80 meters/second, 1640.9 km/hour, 1019.6 miles/hour or 886.0 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"	16.99 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.99 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.3"	1019.57 mi	west	0° 00' 52.4"	1.00 mi	north	1019.54 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 18.4"	3.75 mi	west	0° 20' 53.2"	23.93 mi	north	24.22 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 14:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 23'	South
Longitude:	82° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.47 meters/second, 1621.7 km/hour, 1007.7 miles/hour or 875.6 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' 34.0"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.80 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 01.7"	1007.67 mi	west	0° 11' 22.2"	13.02 mi	north	1007.76 mi
24 hours	10° 20' 15.1"	715.09 mi	east	4° 29' 49.5"	309.01 mi	north	778.50 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
Cayenne	Tue 11:48 AM	1269 km	788 miles	685 nm	WSW
Paramaribo	Tue 11:48 AM	1507 km	936 miles	814 nm	WSW
Belém	Tue 11:48 AM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	SSW
Fortaleza	Tue 11:48 AM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	SSE
Georgetown	Tue 10:48 AM	1786 km	1110 miles	965 nm	WSW
Bridgetown	Tue 10:48 AM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	W
Castries	Tue 10:48 AM	2050 km	1274 miles	1107 nm	WNW
Kingstown	Tue 10:48 AM	2065 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Tue 10:48 AM	2070 km	1286 miles	1118 nm	WNW
Port of Spain	Tue 10:48 AM	2089 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	W