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 23:26:00 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 23:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 35'	North
Longitude:	172° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.52 meters/second, 1636.3 km/hour, 1016.7 miles/hour or 883.5 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"	1016.70 mi	west	0° 00' 51.3"	0.98 mi	north	1016.67 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 03.4"	3.45 mi	west	0° 20' 26.8"	23.43 mi	north	23.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 23:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 52'	North
Longitude:	172° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.78 meters/second, 1597.6 km/hour, 992.7 miles/hour or 862.6 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"	16.55 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.55 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 51.1"	992.62 mi	west	0° 09' 57.6"	11.41 mi	north	992.43 mi
24 hours	349° 25' 47.4"	720.43 mi	west	3° 45' 33.2"	258.41 mi	north	761.03 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
Baker Island	Thu 11:26 AM	1351 km	839 miles	729 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Thu 1:26 PM	1857 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	NE
Majuro	Fri 11:26 AM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	WSW
Midway	Thu 12:26 PM	1924 km	1195 miles	1039 nm	NNW
Kiritimati	Fri 1:26 PM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	ESE
Tarawa	Fri 11:26 AM	1998 km	1241 miles	1079 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Fri 12:26 PM	2318 km	1440 miles	1251 nm	S
Funafuti	Fri 11:26 AM	2424 km	1506 miles	1309 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Fri 11:26 AM	2438 km	1515 miles	1317 nm	WNW
Yaren	Fri 11:26 AM	2685 km	1668 miles	1450 nm	WSW