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 22:24:00 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 22:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 14'	North
Longitude:	156° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 453.42 meters/second, 1632.3 km/hour, 1014.3 miles/hour or 881.4 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' 07.2"	1014.21 mi	west	0° 00' 50.4"	0.96 mi	north	1014.18 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 50.3"	3.20 mi	west	0° 20' 03.5"	22.98 mi	north	23.20 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 22:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 41'	North
Longitude:	150° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.84 meters/second, 1551.0 km/hour, 963.8 miles/hour or 837.5 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' 32.4"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 28.5"	963.57 mi	west	0° 07' 11.9"	8.25 mi	north	963.30 mi
24 hours	11° 10' 07.4"	740.16 mi	east	2° 31' 23.3"	173.54 mi	north	755.24 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	Sat 12:24 PM	1012 km	629 miles	547 nm	N
Kiritimati	Sun 12:24 PM	1150 km	714 miles	621 nm	S
Baker Island	Sat 10:24 AM	2564 km	1593 miles	1385 nm	WSW
Midway	Sat 11:24 AM	2788 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Sun 11:24 AM	2884 km	1792 miles	1557 nm	SW
Apia	Sun 11:24 AM	3332 km	2070 miles	1799 nm	SSW
Papeete	Sat 12:24 PM	3383 km	2102 miles	1827 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Sun 10:24 AM	3522 km	2189 miles	1902 nm	SW
Tarawa	Sun 10:24 AM	3557 km	2211 miles	1921 nm	WSW
Majuro	Sun 10:24 AM	3571 km	2219 miles	1928 nm	W