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 05:58:00 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 05:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 17'	North
Longitude:	89° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.62 meters/second, 1618.6 km/hour, 1005.8 miles/hour or 874.0 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"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.3"	1005.66 mi	west	0° 00' 46.8"	0.90 mi	north	1005.63 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 05.2"	2.33 mi	west	0° 18' 39.2"	21.37 mi	north	21.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 05:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 16'	North
Longitude:	169° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.59 meters/second, 1542.9 km/hour, 958.7 miles/hour or 833.1 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' 30.6"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 35.5"	958.54 mi	west	0° 07' 18.5"	8.38 mi	south	958.90 mi
24 hours	348° 16' 42.5"	774.40 mi	west	3° 19' 31.0"	228.65 mi	south	813.70 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
Port Blair	Sat 11:28 AM	429 km	266 miles	231 nm	SE
Yangon	Sat 12:28 PM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	ENE
Bhubaneshwar	Sat 11:28 AM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	NNW
Visakhapatnam	Sat 11:28 AM	779 km	484 miles	421 nm	WNW
Naypyidaw	Sat 12:28 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	NE
Chittagong	Sat 11:58 AM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	NNE
Kolkata	Sat 11:28 AM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	N
Khulna	Sat 11:58 AM	944 km	586 miles	510 nm	N
Chennai	Sat 11:28 AM	1014 km	630 miles	548 nm	W
Dhaka	Sat 11:58 AM	1047 km	651 miles	565 nm	N