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 23:44:00 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 23:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 55'	North
Longitude:	176° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.22 meters/second, 1628.0 km/hour, 1011.6 miles/hour or 879.0 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"	16.86 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.86 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.7"	1011.50 mi	west	0° 00' 49.3"	0.94 mi	north	1011.47 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 36.2"	2.93 mi	west	0° 19' 37.5"	22.49 mi	north	22.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 23:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 59'	North
Longitude:	147° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.26 meters/second, 1509.3 km/hour, 937.8 miles/hour or 815.0 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' 30.8"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 53.6"	937.57 mi	west	0° 02' 57.3"	3.39 mi	north	937.42 mi
24 hours	11° 44' 35.7"	758.63 mi	east	0° 43' 37.6"	50.03 mi	north	758.42 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
Baker Island	Mon 11:44 AM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	S
Majuro	Tue 11:44 AM	1468 km	912 miles	793 nm	WSW
Midway	Mon 12:44 PM	1694 km	1053 miles	915 nm	N
Tarawa	Tue 11:44 AM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	SW
Wake Island	Tue 11:44 AM	1910 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	WNW
Honolulu	Mon 1:44 PM	2210 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	ENE
Yaren	Tue 11:44 AM	2339 km	1454 miles	1263 nm	SW
Funafuti	Tue 11:44 AM	2413 km	1499 miles	1303 nm	S
Kiritimati	Tue 1:44 PM	2463 km	1531 miles	1330 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Tue 12:44 PM	2539 km	1578 miles	1371 nm	SSE