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 21:18:00 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 21:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 33'	North
Longitude:	140° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.57 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' 00.1"	16.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.95 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.8"	1016.81 mi	west	0° 00' 51.4"	0.98 mi	north	1016.78 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 04.0"	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 21:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 30'	North
Longitude:	156° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.27 meters/second, 1599.4 km/hour, 993.8 miles/hour or 863.6 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' 33.8"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 53.7"	993.72 mi	west	0° 10' 03.1"	11.51 mi	north	993.54 mi
24 hours	10° 32' 55.0"	719.73 mi	east	3° 48' 08.2"	261.37 mi	north	761.46 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
Honolulu	Thu 11:18 AM	2186 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Fri 11:18 AM	2189 km	1360 miles	1182 nm	WSW
Los Angeles *	Thu 2:18 PM	3333 km	2071 miles	1799 nm	NE
Papeete	Thu 11:18 AM	3382 km	2102 miles	1826 nm	SSW
San Francisco *	Thu 2:18 PM	3394 km	2109 miles	1833 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Thu 2:18 PM	3585 km	2228 miles	1936 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Thu 2:18 PM	3697 km	2297 miles	1996 nm	NE
Phoenix	Thu 2:18 PM	3740 km	2324 miles	2019 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Fri 10:18 AM	4156 km	2582 miles	2244 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Thu 1:18 PM	4191 km	2604 miles	2263 nm	SSE