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 12:26:00 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 12:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 25'	North
Longitude:	7° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.78 meters/second, 1637.2 km/hour, 1017.3 miles/hour or 884.0 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' 07.8"	1017.26 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.98 mi	north	1017.24 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 06.4"	3.51 mi	west	0° 20' 32.0"	23.53 mi	north	23.79 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 12:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 59'	North
Longitude:	27° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.15 meters/second, 1606.1 km/hour, 998.0 miles/hour or 867.2 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"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 02.9"	997.94 mi	west	0° 10' 24.1"	11.91 mi	north	997.80 mi
24 hours	10° 28' 04.3"	717.12 mi	east	3° 58' 07.6"	272.79 mi	north	763.46 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
Sikasso	Thu 12:26 PM	147 km	91 miles	79 nm	E
Bamako	Thu 12:26 PM	173 km	107 miles	93 nm	NW
Koutiala	Thu 12:26 PM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	ENE
Bobo-Dioulasso	Thu 12:26 PM	299 km	186 miles	162 nm	E
Nzérékoré	Thu 12:26 PM	451 km	280 miles	244 nm	SSW
Bouaké	Thu 12:26 PM	466 km	290 miles	252 nm	SSE
Koudougou	Thu 12:26 PM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	E
Yamoussoukro	Thu 12:26 PM	543 km	338 miles	293 nm	SSE
Gbarnga	Thu 12:26 PM	559 km	347 miles	302 nm	SSW
Kenema	Thu 12:26 PM	603 km	374 miles	325 nm	SW