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 08:42:00 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 08:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 22'	North
Longitude:	48° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.86 meters/second, 1637.5 km/hour, 1017.5 miles/hour or 884.2 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"	16.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.96 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.9"	1017.46 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.99 mi	north	1017.43 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 07.4"	3.53 mi	west	0° 20' 33.9"	23.56 mi	north	23.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 20'	North
Longitude:	27° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.85 meters/second, 1608.7 km/hour, 999.6 miles/hour or 868.6 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"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 05.9"	999.53 mi	west	0° 10' 32.0"	12.06 mi	north	999.40 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 18.1"	716.19 mi	east	4° 01' 57.8"	277.17 mi	north	764.38 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
Bosaso	Thu 11:42 AM	23 km	14 miles	12 nm	ESE
Aden	Thu 11:42 AM	464 km	288 miles	250 nm	WNW
Hargeisa	Thu 11:42 AM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	WSW
Djibouti	Thu 11:42 AM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	W
Tadjoura	Thu 11:42 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	W
Sana	Thu 11:42 AM	680 km	423 miles	367 nm	NW
Ali Sabieh	Thu 11:42 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	W
Dire Dawa	Thu 11:42 AM	805 km	500 miles	434 nm	WSW
Salalah	Thu 12:42 PM	833 km	518 miles	450 nm	NE
Mogadishu	Thu 11:42 AM	1107 km	688 miles	598 nm	SSW