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 Friday, April 20, 2012 at 15:24:00 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 Friday, April 20, 2012 at 15:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 48'	North
Longitude:	51° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.15 meters/second, 1635.0 km/hour, 1015.9 miles/hour or 882.8 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"	16.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.93 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.5"	1015.86 mi	west	0° 00' 51.0"	0.97 mi	north	1015.83 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 59.1"	3.37 mi	west	0° 20' 18.9"	23.28 mi	north	23.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 20, 2012 at 15:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 25'	North
Longitude:	59° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.72 meters/second, 1583.0 km/hour, 983.6 miles/hour or 854.8 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' 33.4"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 27.9"	983.51 mi	west	0° 09' 10.7"	10.52 mi	north	983.28 mi
24 hours	10° 45' 08.7"	726.47 mi	east	3° 23' 58.9"	233.74 mi	north	758.22 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
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Fri 12:24 PM	747 km	464 miles	404 nm	SSW
Cayenne	Fri 12:24 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	S
Paramaribo	Fri 12:24 PM	770 km	479 miles	416 nm	SSW
Nieuw Nickerie	Fri 12:24 PM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	SW
Bridgetown	Fri 11:24 AM	886 km	550 miles	478 nm	W
New Amsterdam	Fri 11:24 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	SW
Georgetown	Fri 11:24 AM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	SW
Linden	Fri 11:24 AM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	SW
Scarborough	Fri 11:24 AM	1002 km	622 miles	541 nm	W
Castries	Fri 11:24 AM	1050 km	652 miles	567 nm	WNW