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 09:24:00 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 Monday, April 23, 2012 at 09:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 44'	North
Longitude:	38° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.57 meters/second, 1629.2 km/hour, 1012.4 miles/hour or 879.7 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"	16.87 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.87 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.7"	1012.30 mi	west	0° 00' 49.6"	0.95 mi	north	1012.27 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 40.4"	3.01 mi	west	0° 19' 45.2"	22.63 mi	north	22.83 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 09:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 06'	North
Longitude:	60° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.86 meters/second, 1518.7 km/hour, 943.7 miles/hour or 820.0 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' 31.3"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 17.9"	943.42 mi	west	0° 04' 18.3"	4.94 mi	north	943.21 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 31.7"	754.27 mi	east	1° 17' 19.2"	88.66 mi	north	756.32 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
Mek'ele	Mon 12:24 PM	154 km	96 miles	83 nm	NE
Asmara	Mon 12:24 PM	297 km	185 miles	160 nm	NNE
Teseney	Mon 12:24 PM	318 km	197 miles	172 nm	NNW
Keren	Mon 12:24 PM	338 km	210 miles	183 nm	N
Kassala	Mon 12:24 PM	364 km	226 miles	197 nm	NNW
Addis Ababa	Mon 12:24 PM	413 km	257 miles	223 nm	S
Adama	Mon 12:24 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	SSE
Tadjoura	Mon 12:24 PM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	ESE
Ali Sabieh	Mon 12:24 PM	511 km	318 miles	276 nm	ESE
Dire Dawa	Mon 12:24 PM	521 km	324 miles	282 nm	SE