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 Monday, April 23, 2012 at 04:14:00 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 Monday, April 23, 2012 at 04:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 39'	North
Longitude:	115° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.70 meters/second, 1629.7 km/hour, 1012.7 miles/hour or 880.0 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"	16.88 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.88 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.8"	1012.58 mi	west	0° 00' 49.8"	0.95 mi	north	1012.55 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 41.8"	3.04 mi	west	0° 19' 47.9"	22.69 mi	north	22.89 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 04:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 42'	North
Longitude:	135° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.99 meters/second, 1522.8 km/hour, 946.2 miles/hour or 822.2 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' 31.5"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 27.5"	945.95 mi	west	0° 04' 46.3"	5.47 mi	north	945.73 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 07.8"	752.46 mi	east	1° 29' 03.8"	102.12 mi	north	755.82 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
Olongapo	Mon 12:14 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	ENE
Angeles	Mon 12:14 PM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	ENE
Mabalacat	Mon 12:14 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	ENE
Makati	Mon 12:14 PM	603 km	375 miles	325 nm	ENE
Manila	Mon 12:14 PM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	ENE
Tarlac City	Mon 12:14 PM	605 km	376 miles	326 nm	ENE
Quezon	Mon 12:14 PM	612 km	380 miles	331 nm	ENE
Baguio City	Mon 12:14 PM	664 km	412 miles	358 nm	NE
Bacolod	Mon 12:14 PM	812 km	504 miles	438 nm	ESE
Bandar Seri Begawan	Mon 12:14 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	S