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 19, 2012 at 07:32:00 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 Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 07:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 45'	North
Longitude:	68° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.91 meters/second, 1562.1 km/hour, 970.6 miles/hour or 843.5 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"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.5"	970.36 mi	west	0° 00' 27.7"	0.53 mi	south	970.38 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 53.5"	0.96 mi	east	0° 11' 15.0"	12.90 mi	south	12.93 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 07:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 22'	North
Longitude:	69° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.52 meters/second, 1549.9 km/hour, 963.0 miles/hour or 836.9 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' 30.2"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	south	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.1"	962.88 mi	west	0° 07' 56.6"	9.11 mi	south	963.25 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 06.8"	781.23 mi	east	3° 33' 03.8"	244.16 mi	south	824.76 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
Porbandar	Thu 1:02 PM	168 km	104 miles	90 nm	NE
Dwarka	Thu 1:02 PM	179 km	111 miles	96 nm	NNE
Veraval	Thu 1:02 PM	215 km	134 miles	116 nm	E
Junagadh	Thu 1:02 PM	240 km	149 miles	129 nm	ENE
Karachi	Thu 12:32 PM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	NNW
Surat	Thu 1:02 PM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	E
Vasai-Virar	Thu 1:02 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	ESE
Hyderabad	Thu 12:32 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	N
Mumbai	Thu 1:02 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	ESE
Ahmedabad	Thu 1:02 PM	517 km	322 miles	279 nm	ENE