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 15:20:00 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 15:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 25'	North
Longitude:	50° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.37 meters/second, 1617.7 km/hour, 1005.2 miles/hour or 873.5 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"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.2"	1005.11 mi	west	0° 00' 46.6"	0.89 mi	north	1005.08 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 02.4"	2.28 mi	west	0° 18' 33.5"	21.27 mi	north	21.39 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 15:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 04'	North
Longitude:	33° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.32 meters/second, 1552.8 km/hour, 964.8 miles/hour or 838.4 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"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.9"	964.67 mi	west	0° 08' 08.5"	9.33 mi	south	965.04 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 42.8"	777.52 mi	east	3° 38' 11.8"	250.03 mi	south	822.96 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
Bridgetown	Sat 11:20 AM	952 km	591 miles	514 nm	W
Paramaribo	Sat 12:20 PM	1058 km	657 miles	571 nm	SSW
Cayenne	Sat 12:20 PM	1060 km	658 miles	572 nm	S
Castries	Sat 11:20 AM	1087 km	675 miles	587 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Sat 11:20 AM	1094 km	680 miles	591 nm	W
Kingstown	Sat 11:20 AM	1123 km	698 miles	606 nm	W
Roseau	Sat 11:20 AM	1130 km	702 miles	610 nm	W
Georgetown	Sat 11:20 AM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	SW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sat 11:20 AM	1175 km	730 miles	634 nm	W
Saint George's	Sat 11:20 AM	1200 km	746 miles	648 nm	WSW