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 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 13:42:00 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 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 13:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	North
Longitude:	24° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.52 meters/second, 1560.7 km/hour, 969.8 miles/hour or 842.7 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"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.3"	969.48 mi	west	0° 00' 27.1"	0.52 mi	south	969.50 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 59.6"	1.07 mi	east	0° 10' 59.4"	12.60 mi	south	12.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 13:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	North
Longitude:	32° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.44 meters/second, 1531.6 km/hour, 951.7 miles/hour or 827.0 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' 29.9"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 02.0"	951.48 mi	west	0° 06' 18.8"	7.24 mi	south	951.80 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 19.1"	781.26 mi	east	2° 56' 56.8"	202.81 mi	south	813.28 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
Mindelo	Wed 12:42 PM	450 km	280 miles	243 nm	S
Santa Maria	Wed 12:42 PM	493 km	307 miles	266 nm	SSE
Praia	Wed 12:42 PM	664 km	413 miles	359 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Wed 1:42 PM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	E
Nouakchott	Wed 1:42 PM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	ESE
Dakar	Wed 1:42 PM	994 km	617 miles	537 nm	SE
Rosso	Wed 1:42 PM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	ESE
Banjul	Wed 1:42 PM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Wed 2:42 PM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	NE
Bissau	Wed 1:42 PM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	SE