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 Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 06:26:00 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 Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 06:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 20'	North
Longitude:	82° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.91 meters/second, 1637.7 km/hour, 1017.6 miles/hour or 884.3 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"	16.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.96 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.0"	1017.57 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.99 mi	north	1017.55 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 08.0"	3.54 mi	west	0° 20' 34.10"	23.58 mi	north	23.85 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 06:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 56'	North
Longitude:	60° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.26 meters/second, 1610.1 km/hour, 1000.5 miles/hour or 869.4 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 07.5"	1000.43 mi	west	0° 10' 36.4"	12.15 mi	north	1000.32 mi
24 hours	10° 25' 18.6"	715.68 mi	east	4° 04' 11.2"	279.71 mi	north	764.96 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
Chennai	Thu 11:56 AM	352 km	218 miles	190 nm	NW
Trincomalee	Thu 11:56 AM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	SSW
Madurai	Thu 11:56 AM	556 km	346 miles	300 nm	WSW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 11:56 AM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	SW
Colombo	Thu 11:56 AM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	SW
Bangalore	Thu 11:56 AM	619 km	384 miles	334 nm	WNW
Theni	Thu 11:56 AM	622 km	387 miles	336 nm	WSW
Kakinada	Thu 11:56 AM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	N
Coimbatore	Thu 11:56 AM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	W
Anantapur	Thu 11:56 AM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	WNW