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 22:12:00 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 22:12:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 33'	North
Longitude:	153° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.55 meters/second, 1636.4 km/hour, 1016.8 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"	1016.76 mi	west	0° 00' 51.4"	0.98 mi	north	1016.73 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 03.7"	3.46 mi	west	0° 20' 27.4"	23.44 mi	north	23.69 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 22:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 39'	North
Longitude:	169° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.06 meters/second, 1598.6 km/hour, 993.3 miles/hour or 863.2 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' 33.8"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 52.6"	993.26 mi	west	0° 10' 00.8"	11.47 mi	north	993.08 mi
24 hours	10° 33' 27.3"	720.02 mi	east	3° 47' 03.3"	260.13 mi	north	761.28 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
Kiritimati	Fri 12:12 PM	1151 km	715 miles	621 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Thu 12:12 PM	1174 km	729 miles	634 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Thu 10:12 AM	2830 km	1759 miles	1528 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Fri 11:12 AM	3031 km	1884 miles	1637 nm	SW
Midway	Thu 11:12 AM	3092 km	1921 miles	1669 nm	NW
Papeete	Thu 12:12 PM	3247 km	2018 miles	1753 nm	S
Apia	Fri 11:12 AM	3455 km	2147 miles	1865 nm	SW
Rarotonga	Thu 12:12 PM	3691 km	2293 miles	1993 nm	S
Funafuti	Fri 10:12 AM	3745 km	2327 miles	2022 nm	SW
Alofi	Thu 11:12 AM	3833 km	2382 miles	2070 nm	SSW