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 08:22:00 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 08:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 38'	North
Longitude:	53° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.93 meters/second, 1616.1 km/hour, 1004.2 miles/hour or 872.6 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' 04.9"	1004.11 mi	west	0° 00' 46.2"	0.88 mi	north	1004.08 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 57.0"	2.17 mi	west	0° 18' 23.1"	21.07 mi	north	21.18 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 08:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 34'	North
Longitude:	146° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.37 meters/second, 1570.9 km/hour, 976.1 miles/hour or 848.2 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' 30.7"	16.27 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.27 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 47.8"	975.99 mi	west	0° 09' 32.6"	10.93 mi	south	976.38 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 50.6"	785.55 mi	east	4° 09' 09.5"	285.45 mi	south	841.58 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
Salalah	Sun 12:22 PM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	NNE
Bosaso	Sun 11:22 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SW
Aden	Sun 11:22 AM	946 km	588 miles	511 nm	W
Sana	Sun 11:22 AM	1006 km	625 miles	543 nm	W
Nizwa	Sun 12:22 PM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	NNE
Abu Dhabi	Sun 12:22 PM	1090 km	678 miles	589 nm	N
Muscat	Sun 12:22 PM	1123 km	698 miles	606 nm	NNE
Djibouti	Sun 11:22 AM	1178 km	732 miles	636 nm	WSW
Dubai	Sun 12:22 PM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	N
Doha	Sun 11:22 AM	1198 km	744 miles	647 nm	N