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 15:48:00 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 15:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 46'	North
Longitude:	57° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.78 meters/second, 1640.8 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"	1019.52 mi	west	0° 00' 52.4"	1.00 mi	north	1019.50 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 18.2"	3.74 mi	west	0° 20' 52.7"	23.92 mi	north	24.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 15:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 12'	South
Longitude:	96° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.49 meters/second, 1621.7 km/hour, 1007.7 miles/hour or 875.7 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' 02.6"	1007.70 mi	west	0° 11' 21.8"	13.01 mi	north	1007.79 mi
24 hours	10° 20' 03.6"	714.88 mi	east	4° 29' 29.5"	308.63 mi	north	778.07 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
Bridgetown	Tue 11:48 AM	352 km	219 miles	190 nm	NW
Georgetown	Tue 11:48 AM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	S
Port of Spain	Tue 11:48 AM	449 km	279 miles	242 nm	W
Kingstown	Tue 11:48 AM	491 km	305 miles	265 nm	WNW
Saint George's	Tue 11:48 AM	492 km	306 miles	266 nm	WNW
New Amsterdam	Tue 11:48 AM	501 km	311 miles	270 nm	S
Vieux Fort	Tue 11:48 AM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	NW
Castries	Tue 11:48 AM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	NW
Linden	Tue 11:48 AM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	S
Nieuw Nickerie	Tue 12:48 PM	537 km	334 miles	290 nm	S