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 Saturday, April 21, 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 Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 15:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 08'	North
Longitude:	51° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 453.59 meters/second, 1632.9 km/hour, 1014.6 miles/hour or 881.7 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"	16.91 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.91 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 07.3"	1014.58 mi	west	0° 00' 50.5"	0.96 mi	north	1014.56 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 52.4"	3.24 mi	west	0° 20' 07.0"	23.05 mi	north	23.28 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 15:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 49'	North
Longitude:	48° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.87 meters/second, 1558.3 km/hour, 968.3 miles/hour or 841.4 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' 32.6"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 43.0"	968.12 mi	west	0° 07' 41.9"	8.82 mi	north	967.86 mi
24 hours	11° 04' 19.3"	737.01 mi	east	2° 44' 26.4"	188.49 mi	north	755.62 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	Sat 12:24 PM	781 km	485 miles	421 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Sat 12:24 PM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	SSW
Cayenne	Sat 12:24 PM	801 km	498 miles	432 nm	S
Bridgetown	Sat 11:24 AM	875 km	543 miles	472 nm	W
Nieuw Nickerie	Sat 12:24 PM	905 km	562 miles	488 nm	SW
New Amsterdam	Sat 11:24 AM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	SW
Georgetown	Sat 11:24 AM	929 km	577 miles	501 nm	SW
Linden	Sat 11:24 AM	995 km	619 miles	538 nm	SW
Castries	Sat 11:24 AM	1036 km	644 miles	559 nm	WNW
Kingstown	Sat 11:24 AM	1049 km	652 miles	566 nm	W