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 15:20:00 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 15:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 06'	North
Longitude:	50° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.00 meters/second, 1620.0 km/hour, 1006.6 miles/hour or 874.7 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' 00.1"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.5"	1006.51 mi	west	0° 00' 47.2"	0.90 mi	north	1006.48 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 09.9"	2.42 mi	west	0° 18' 47.9"	21.54 mi	north	21.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 15:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 52'	North
Longitude:	21° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.63 meters/second, 1528.7 km/hour, 949.9 miles/hour or 825.4 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"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	south	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 26.3"	949.66 mi	west	0° 05' 56.4"	6.81 mi	south	949.96 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 36.8"	771.00 mi	east	2° 48' 19.5"	192.94 mi	south	800.70 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
Bridgetown	Fri 11:20 AM	951 km	591 miles	514 nm	W
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Fri 12:20 PM	1012 km	629 miles	546 nm	SSW
Cayenne	Fri 12:20 PM	1026 km	637 miles	554 nm	S
Paramaribo	Fri 12:20 PM	1029 km	639 miles	556 nm	SSW
Castries	Fri 11:20 AM	1091 km	678 miles	589 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Fri 11:20 AM	1100 km	684 miles	594 nm	W
Kingstown	Fri 11:20 AM	1124 km	698 miles	607 nm	W
Georgetown	Fri 11:20 AM	1133 km	704 miles	612 nm	SW
Roseau	Fri 11:20 AM	1138 km	707 miles	615 nm	W
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Fri 11:20 AM	1185 km	736 miles	640 nm	WNW