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 06:18:00 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 06:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 18'	North
Longitude:	84° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.61 meters/second, 1618.6 km/hour, 1005.7 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"	1005.64 mi	west	0° 00' 46.8"	0.90 mi	north	1005.61 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 05.1"	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 06:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 14'	North
Longitude:	164° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.69 meters/second, 1543.3 km/hour, 958.9 miles/hour or 833.3 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' 35.7"	958.76 mi	west	0° 07' 20.4"	8.41 mi	south	959.11 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 13.5"	774.50 mi	east	3° 20' 11.9"	229.44 mi	south	814.01 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
Kakinada	Sat 11:48 AM	389 km	242 miles	210 nm	NW
Visakhapatnam	Sat 11:48 AM	403 km	251 miles	218 nm	NNW
Chennai	Sat 11:48 AM	483 km	300 miles	261 nm	WSW
Bhubaneshwar	Sat 11:48 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	N
Hyderãbãd	Sat 11:48 AM	742 km	461 miles	401 nm	WNW
Anantapur	Sat 11:48 AM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	W
Bangalore	Sat 11:48 AM	775 km	482 miles	418 nm	W
Madurai	Sat 11:48 AM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	SW
Nãgpur	Sat 11:48 AM	951 km	591 miles	514 nm	NW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 11:48 AM	966 km	600 miles	521 nm	SSW