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 09:42:00 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 09:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 23'	North
Longitude:	33° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.84 meters/second, 1637.4 km/hour, 1017.4 miles/hour or 884.1 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"	1017.41 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.99 mi	north	1017.38 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 07.1"	3.53 mi	west	0° 20' 33.3"	23.55 mi	north	23.81 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 31'	North
Longitude:	12° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.67 meters/second, 1608.0 km/hour, 999.2 miles/hour or 868.3 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"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 05.1"	999.11 mi	west	0° 10' 29.9"	12.02 mi	north	998.98 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 45.5"	716.43 mi	east	4° 00' 57.5"	276.02 mi	north	764.13 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
Malakal	Thu 12:42 PM	327 km	203 miles	176 nm	SW
Khartoum	Thu 12:42 PM	493 km	307 miles	266 nm	NNW
Teseney	Thu 12:42 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NE
Kassala	Thu 12:42 PM	521 km	324 miles	281 nm	NNE
Addis Ababa	Thu 12:42 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	ESE
Mek'ele	Thu 12:42 PM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	ENE
Adama	Thu 12:42 PM	659 km	409 miles	356 nm	ESE
Keren	Thu 12:42 PM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	NE
Asmara	Thu 12:42 PM	692 km	430 miles	374 nm	NE
Juba	Thu 12:42 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	SSW