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 07:14:00 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 07:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 60'	North
Longitude:	70° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.20 meters/second, 1620.7 km/hour, 1007.1 miles/hour or 875.1 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"	1006.98 mi	west	0° 00' 47.4"	0.91 mi	north	1006.95 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 12.3"	2.47 mi	west	0° 18' 52.6"	21.63 mi	north	21.77 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 07:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 37'	North
Longitude:	139° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.69 meters/second, 1521.7 km/hour, 945.5 miles/hour or 821.6 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' 30.4"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.6"	945.30 mi	west	0° 05' 08.9"	5.90 mi	south	945.57 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 36.8"	769.70 mi	east	2° 30' 09.1"	172.13 mi	south	794.29 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
Mangalore	Fri 12:44 PM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	ESE
Hubli	Fri 12:44 PM	508 km	316 miles	275 nm	ENE
Mumbai	Fri 12:44 PM	598 km	371 miles	323 nm	NNE
Pune	Fri 12:44 PM	608 km	378 miles	328 nm	NE
Bijapur	Fri 12:44 PM	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	ENE
Vasai-Virar	Fri 12:44 PM	645 km	401 miles	348 nm	NNE
Anantapur	Fri 12:44 PM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	E
Bangalore	Fri 12:44 PM	759 km	472 miles	410 nm	E
Surat	Fri 12:44 PM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	NNE
Kulhudhuffushi	Fri 12:14 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	SSE