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 Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 11:46:00 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 Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 11:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 52'	North
Longitude:	4° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.62 meters/second, 1550.2 km/hour, 963.3 miles/hour or 837.1 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° 14' 59.9"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.3"	962.95 mi	west	0° 00' 21.5"	0.41 mi	south	962.97 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 46.0"	1.89 mi	east	0° 08' 47.3"	10.08 mi	south	10.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 11:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 50'	North
Longitude:	74° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.80 meters/second, 1558.1 km/hour, 968.1 miles/hour or 841.3 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' 32.6"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 39.9"	967.95 mi	west	0° 07' 37.2"	8.74 mi	north	967.69 mi
24 hours	11° 04' 59.4"	737.66 mi	east	2° 42' 32.6"	186.31 mi	north	755.76 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
Tamanrasset	Thu 12:46 PM	136 km	85 miles	74 nm	NE
Agadez	Thu 12:46 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	SSE
Maradi	Thu 12:46 PM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	SSE
Niamey	Thu 12:46 PM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	SSW
Zinder	Thu 12:46 PM	1004 km	624 miles	542 nm	SSE
Kano	Thu 12:46 PM	1167 km	725 miles	630 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Thu 11:46 AM	1239 km	770 miles	669 nm	SSW
Abuja	Thu 12:46 PM	1430 km	889 miles	772 nm	S
Tripoli	Thu 1:46 PM	1483 km	922 miles	801 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Thu 12:46 PM	1546 km	961 miles	835 nm	SE