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 09:08:00 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 09:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 20'	North
Longitude:	42° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.53 meters/second, 1618.3 km/hour, 1005.6 miles/hour or 873.8 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' 05.3"	1005.47 mi	west	0° 00' 46.7"	0.89 mi	north	1005.44 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 04.2"	2.31 mi	west	0° 18' 37.2"	21.34 mi	north	21.46 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 09:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 53'	North
Longitude:	123° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.50 meters/second, 1546.2 km/hour, 960.8 miles/hour or 834.9 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"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	south	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 37.3"	960.59 mi	west	0° 07' 35.6"	8.71 mi	south	960.95 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 41.5"	775.36 mi	east	3° 25' 57.0"	236.02 mi	south	816.75 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
Al Hudaydah	Sat 12:08 PM	106 km	66 miles	57 nm	ENE
Ta'izz	Sat 12:08 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	ESE
Sana	Sat 12:08 PM	255 km	159 miles	138 nm	ENE
Tadjoura	Sat 12:08 PM	294 km	183 miles	159 nm	SSE
Mek'ele	Sat 12:08 PM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	WSW
Djibouti	Sat 12:08 PM	324 km	202 miles	175 nm	SSE
Aden	Sat 12:08 PM	356 km	221 miles	192 nm	ESE
Asmara	Sat 12:08 PM	357 km	222 miles	193 nm	WNW
Ali Sabieh	Sat 12:08 PM	358 km	222 miles	193 nm	S
Keren	Sat 12:08 PM	422 km	263 miles	228 nm	WNW