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 06:08:00 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 06:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 18'	North
Longitude:	87° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.61 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' 00.1"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.4"	1005.65 mi	west	0° 00' 46.8"	0.90 mi	north	1005.62 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 05.2"	2.33 mi	west	0° 18' 39.0"	21.37 mi	north	21.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 15'	North
Longitude:	167° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.64 meters/second, 1543.1 km/hour, 958.8 miles/hour or 833.2 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' 35.6"	958.65 mi	west	0° 07' 19.5"	8.40 mi	south	959.00 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 15.4"	774.45 mi	east	3° 19' 51.4"	229.05 mi	south	813.85 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
Visakhapatnam	Sat 11:38 AM	560 km	348 miles	302 nm	NW
Kakinada	Sat 11:38 AM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	WNW
Port Blair	Sat 11:38 AM	654 km	407 miles	353 nm	ESE
Bhubaneshwar	Sat 11:38 AM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	N
Chennai	Sat 11:38 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	W
Kolkata	Sat 11:38 AM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	N
Khulna	Sat 12:08 PM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	NNE
Hyderãbãd	Sat 11:38 AM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	WNW
Yangon	Sat 12:38 PM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	ENE
Durgapur	Sat 11:38 AM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	N