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 Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 02:20:00 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 Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 02:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 15'	North
Longitude:	144° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.71 meters/second, 1619.0 km/hour, 1006.0 miles/hour or 874.2 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"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.77 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.4"	1005.87 mi	west	0° 00' 47.0"	0.90 mi	north	1005.84 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 06.4"	2.36 mi	west	0° 18' 41.2"	21.42 mi	north	21.55 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 02:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 42'	North
Longitude:	137° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.57 meters/second, 1539.2 km/hour, 956.4 miles/hour or 831.1 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' 30.4"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 33.2"	956.24 mi	west	0° 06' 58.5"	8.00 mi	south	956.58 mi
24 hours	11° 44' 02.5"	773.41 mi	east	3° 11' 59.2"	220.04 mi	south	810.30 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 12:20 PM	110 km	69 miles	60 nm	SE
Saipan	Sat 12:20 PM	207 km	129 miles	112 nm	ENE
Melekeok	Sat 11:20 AM	1276 km	793 miles	689 nm	SW
Palikir	Sat 1:20 PM	1739 km	1080 miles	939 nm	ESE
Jayapura	Sat 11:20 AM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	SSW
Manokwari	Sat 11:20 AM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	SW
Yokohama	Sat 11:20 AM	2391 km	1486 miles	1291 nm	N
Tokyo	Sat 11:20 AM	2417 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	N
Osaka	Sat 11:20 AM	2422 km	1505 miles	1308 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Sat 11:20 AM	2427 km	1508 miles	1311 nm	NNW