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 20:58:00 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 20:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 51'	North
Longitude:	134° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.67 meters/second, 1640.4 km/hour, 1019.3 miles/hour or 885.7 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"	16.99 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.99 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.2"	1019.26 mi	west	0° 00' 52.3"	1.00 mi	north	1019.24 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 16.8"	3.72 mi	west	0° 20' 50.4"	23.88 mi	north	24.16 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 20:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 47'	North
Longitude:	172° 00'	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' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.80 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 07.2"	1007.70 mi	west	0° 11' 19.3"	12.97 mi	north	1007.76 mi
24 hours	10° 19' 20.9"	714.00 mi	east	4° 27' 30.2"	306.36 mi	north	775.94 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	Wed 10:58 AM	2668 km	1658 miles	1441 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Tue 10:58 AM	2708 km	1682 miles	1462 nm	WNW
Los Angeles *	Tue 1:58 PM	3080 km	1914 miles	1663 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Tue 1:58 PM	3205 km	1992 miles	1731 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Tue 1:58 PM	3233 km	2009 miles	1746 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Tue 1:58 PM	3421 km	2126 miles	1847 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Tue 1:58 PM	3437 km	2135 miles	1856 nm	NNE
Papeete	Tue 10:58 AM	3528 km	2192 miles	1905 nm	SSW
Mexico City *	Tue 3:58 PM	3954 km	2457 miles	2135 nm	ENE
Adamstown	Tue 12:58 PM	4008 km	2490 miles	2164 nm	S