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 23:14:00 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 Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 23:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 53'	North
Longitude:	169° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.41 meters/second, 1621.5 km/hour, 1007.5 miles/hour or 875.5 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"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.8"	1007.44 mi	west	0° 00' 47.6"	0.91 mi	north	1007.41 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 14.8"	2.52 mi	west	0° 18' 57.3"	21.72 mi	north	21.87 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 23:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 15'	North
Longitude:	104° 43'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.99 meters/second, 1515.6 km/hour, 941.7 miles/hour or 818.3 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"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 17.6"	941.49 mi	west	0° 04' 20.9"	4.99 mi	south	941.72 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 30.1"	768.71 mi	east	2° 11' 39.4"	150.94 mi	south	788.50 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	Thu 1:14 PM	1471 km	914 miles	794 nm	NE
Baker Island	Thu 11:14 AM	1705 km	1060 miles	921 nm	SSW
Midway	Thu 12:14 PM	1790 km	1112 miles	967 nm	NNW
Kiritimati	Fri 1:14 PM	1876 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	SE
Majuro	Fri 11:14 AM	2253 km	1400 miles	1217 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Fri 11:14 AM	2382 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Fri 12:14 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	S
Wake Island	Fri 11:14 AM	2627 km	1632 miles	1418 nm	WNW
Funafuti	Fri 11:14 AM	2781 km	1728 miles	1501 nm	SSW
Yaren	Fri 11:14 AM	3064 km	1904 miles	1654 nm	WSW