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 20:52:00 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 20:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 53'	North
Longitude:	133° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.02 meters/second, 1634.5 km/hour, 1015.6 miles/hour or 882.6 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"	16.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.93 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.4"	1015.57 mi	west	0° 00' 50.9"	0.97 mi	north	1015.54 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 57.5"	3.34 mi	west	0° 20' 16.3"	23.23 mi	north	23.46 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 20, 2012 at 20:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 15'	North
Longitude:	139° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.21 meters/second, 1577.6 km/hour, 980.3 miles/hour or 851.8 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' 33.3"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 18.5"	980.12 mi	west	0° 08' 52.3"	10.17 mi	north	979.87 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 18.4"	728.77 mi	east	3° 15' 42.6"	224.28 mi	north	757.46 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	Fri 10:52 AM	2787 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 10:52 AM	2845 km	1768 miles	1536 nm	WSW
Los Angeles *	Fri 1:52 PM	2907 km	1806 miles	1570 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 1:52 PM	3020 km	1877 miles	1631 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Fri 1:52 PM	3076 km	1911 miles	1661 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Fri 1:52 PM	3240 km	2013 miles	1749 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Fri 1:52 PM	3263 km	2027 miles	1762 nm	NNE
Papeete	Fri 10:52 AM	3697 km	2297 miles	1996 nm	SSW
Mexico City *	Fri 3:52 PM	3780 km	2349 miles	2041 nm	ENE
Salt Lake City *	Fri 2:52 PM	3842 km	2387 miles	2075 nm	NNE