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 Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 18:54:00 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 Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 18:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 50'	North
Longitude:	104° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.52 meters/second, 1621.9 km/hour, 1007.8 miles/hour or 875.7 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' 00.0"	16.80 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.80 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.7"	1007.69 mi	west	0° 00' 47.7"	0.91 mi	north	1007.66 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 16.1"	2.54 mi	west	0° 18' 59.8"	21.77 mi	north	21.92 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 18:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	North
Longitude:	41° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.18 meters/second, 1512.6 km/hour, 939.9 miles/hour or 816.8 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' 30.2"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.9"	939.66 mi	west	0° 03' 54.7"	4.49 mi	south	939.87 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 26.3"	768.25 mi	east	2° 01' 26.3"	139.23 mi	south	785.58 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
Acapulco *	Thu 1:54 PM	580 km	361 miles	313 nm	NE
Colima *	Thu 1:54 PM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	N
Puerto Vallarta *	Thu 1:54 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	N
Guadalajara *	Thu 1:54 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	N
Mexico City *	Thu 1:54 PM	832 km	517 miles	450 nm	NE
Leon *	Thu 1:54 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	NNE
Oaxaca *	Thu 1:54 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	ENE
Aguascalientes *	Thu 1:54 PM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	NNE
San Luis Potosi *	Thu 1:54 PM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	NNE
Veracruz *	Thu 1:54 PM	1055 km	656 miles	570 nm	NE