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 Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 04:58:00 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 Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 04:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 35'	North
Longitude:	104° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.02 meters/second, 1616.5 km/hour, 1004.4 miles/hour or 872.8 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"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.74 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.1"	1004.31 mi	west	0° 00' 46.2"	0.89 mi	north	1004.28 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 58.0"	2.20 mi	west	0° 18' 25.2"	21.11 mi	north	21.22 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 04:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 06'	North
Longitude:	164° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.37 meters/second, 1567.3 km/hour, 973.9 miles/hour or 846.3 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' 30.7"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.8"	973.75 mi	west	0° 09' 16.4"	10.63 mi	south	974.14 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 45.8"	783.67 mi	east	4° 03' 18.9"	278.77 mi	south	837.69 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
Pakse	Sun 11:58 AM	146 km	91 miles	79 nm	ENE
Siem Reap	Sun 11:58 AM	154 km	96 miles	83 nm	SSW
Savannakhet	Sun 11:58 AM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	N
Battambang	Sun 11:58 AM	221 km	137 miles	119 nm	SW
Khon Kaen	Sun 11:58 AM	275 km	171 miles	149 nm	NW
Phnom Penh	Sun 11:58 AM	335 km	208 miles	181 nm	S
Udon Thani	Sun 11:58 AM	365 km	226 miles	197 nm	NNW
Vientiane	Sun 11:58 AM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	NNW
Pattaya	Sun 11:58 AM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	WSW
Bangkok	Sun 11:58 AM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	WSW