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 03:20:00 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 03:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 56'	North
Longitude:	129° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.31 meters/second, 1621.1 km/hour, 1007.3 miles/hour or 875.3 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"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.6"	1007.21 mi	west	0° 00' 47.5"	0.91 mi	north	1007.18 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 13.6"	2.49 mi	west	0° 18' 54.8"	21.68 mi	north	21.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 03:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 56'	North
Longitude:	164° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.83 meters/second, 1518.6 km/hour, 943.6 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' 30.2"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.5"	943.37 mi	west	0° 04' 45.6"	5.46 mi	south	943.62 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 33.2"	769.19 mi	east	2° 21' 11.8"	161.87 mi	south	791.40 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
Cebu City	Fri 11:20 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SW
Bacolod	Fri 11:20 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	WSW
Davao	Fri 11:20 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	SSW
Quezon	Fri 11:20 AM	875 km	544 miles	473 nm	W
Makati	Fri 11:20 AM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	W
Manila	Fri 11:20 AM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	W
Melekeok	Fri 12:20 PM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	SE
Baguio City	Fri 11:20 AM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	WNW
Manado	Fri 11:20 AM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	SSW
Taipei	Fri 11:20 AM	1467 km	912 miles	792 nm	NNW