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 20:56:00 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 20:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 32'	North
Longitude:	134° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.58 meters/second, 1636.5 km/hour, 1016.9 miles/hour or 883.6 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"	16.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.95 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.7"	1016.83 mi	west	0° 00' 51.4"	0.98 mi	north	1016.80 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 04.2"	3.47 mi	west	0° 20' 27.9"	23.45 mi	north	23.70 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 20:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 27'	North
Longitude:	150° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.35 meters/second, 1599.7 km/hour, 994.0 miles/hour or 863.8 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' 33.9"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 54.2"	993.91 mi	west	0° 10' 03.9"	11.53 mi	north	993.73 mi
24 hours	10° 32' 42.0"	719.61 mi	east	3° 48' 34.5"	261.87 mi	north	761.54 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
Honolulu	Thu 10:56 AM	2711 km	1684 miles	1464 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Fri 10:56 AM	2735 km	1699 miles	1477 nm	WSW
Los Angeles *	Thu 1:56 PM	2992 km	1859 miles	1616 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Thu 1:56 PM	3122 km	1940 miles	1686 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Thu 1:56 PM	3146 km	1955 miles	1699 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Thu 1:56 PM	3335 km	2072 miles	1801 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Thu 1:56 PM	3349 km	2081 miles	1808 nm	NNE
Papeete	Thu 10:56 AM	3615 km	2246 miles	1952 nm	SSW
Mexico City *	Thu 3:56 PM	3890 km	2417 miles	2100 nm	ENE
Salt Lake City *	Thu 2:56 PM	3927 km	2440 miles	2120 nm	NNE