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 21:22:00 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 21:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 51'	North
Longitude:	140° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.66 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"	1019.24 mi	west	0° 00' 52.3"	1.00 mi	north	1019.22 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 16.7"	3.71 mi	west	0° 20' 50.2"	23.87 mi	north	24.16 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 21:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 51'	North
Longitude:	177° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.48 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' 07.3"	1007.69 mi	west	0° 11' 19.1"	12.96 mi	north	1007.74 mi
24 hours	10° 19' 18.8"	713.95 mi	east	4° 27' 19.9"	306.16 mi	north	775.78 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 11:22 AM	2067 km	1285 miles	1116 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Tue 11:22 AM	2146 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	NW
Papeete	Tue 11:22 AM	3280 km	2038 miles	1771 nm	SSW
Los Angeles *	Tue 2:22 PM	3453 km	2146 miles	1864 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Tue 2:22 PM	3507 km	2179 miles	1894 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Tue 2:22 PM	3709 km	2305 miles	2003 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Tue 2:22 PM	3817 km	2372 miles	2061 nm	NE
Phoenix	Tue 2:22 PM	3863 km	2400 miles	2086 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Wed 10:22 AM	4032 km	2506 miles	2177 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Tue 11:22 AM	4104 km	2550 miles	2216 nm	SSW