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 20:32:00 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 20:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 47'	North
Longitude:	128° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.61 meters/second, 1615.0 km/hour, 1003.5 miles/hour or 872.0 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' 00.0"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.8"	1003.39 mi	west	0° 00' 45.8"	0.88 mi	north	1003.36 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 53.0"	2.10 mi	west	0° 18' 15.5"	20.93 mi	north	21.03 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 20:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 33'	North
Longitude:	30° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.80 meters/second, 1583.3 km/hour, 983.8 miles/hour or 854.9 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' 30.8"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	south	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.5"	983.69 mi	west	0° 10' 26.7"	11.97 mi	south	984.07 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 24.1"	793.48 mi	east	4° 28' 31.9"	307.61 mi	south	856.14 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
Tijuana *	Sun 1:32 PM	2308 km	1434 miles	1246 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Sun 1:32 PM	2318 km	1440 miles	1252 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Sun 1:32 PM	2390 km	1485 miles	1291 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Sun 1:32 PM	2405 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 1:32 PM	2434 km	1513 miles	1314 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Sun 2:32 PM	2546 km	1582 miles	1375 nm	ENE
San Jose (USA) *	Sun 1:32 PM	2594 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Sun 1:32 PM	2626 km	1632 miles	1418 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Sun 1:32 PM	2678 km	1664 miles	1446 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Sun 1:32 PM	2735 km	1699 miles	1477 nm	NNE