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 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 01:14:00 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 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 01:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 55'	North
Longitude:	160° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.36 meters/second, 1621.3 km/hour, 1007.4 miles/hour or 875.4 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' 05.6"	1007.33 mi	west	0° 00' 47.5"	0.91 mi	north	1007.30 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 14.2"	2.50 mi	west	0° 18' 56.2"	21.70 mi	north	21.84 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 01:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 06'	North
Longitude:	133° 43'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.39 meters/second, 1517.0 km/hour, 942.6 miles/hour or 819.1 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"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	south	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 18.4"	942.39 mi	west	0° 04' 33.1"	5.22 mi	south	942.63 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 02.9"	768.94 mi	east	2° 16' 19.6"	156.29 mi	south	789.89 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
Palikir	Fri 12:14 PM	820 km	509 miles	443 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Fri 1:14 PM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	NE
Majuro	Fri 1:14 PM	1376 km	855 miles	743 nm	ESE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 11:14 AM	1719 km	1068 miles	928 nm	W
Yaren	Fri 1:14 PM	1741 km	1082 miles	940 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Fri 1:14 PM	1940 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	SE
Honiara	Fri 12:14 PM	2583 km	1605 miles	1395 nm	S
Midway	Thu 2:14 PM	2772 km	1722 miles	1497 nm	NE
Melekeok	Fri 10:14 AM	2930 km	1821 miles	1582 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Thu 1:14 PM	2943 km	1829 miles	1589 nm	ESE