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 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 06:16:00 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 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 06:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 09'	North
Longitude:	87° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.92 meters/second, 1587.3 km/hour, 986.3 miles/hour or 857.1 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° 15' 00.0"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.44 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	986.10 mi	west	0° 00' 37.2"	0.71 mi	south	986.13 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 55.4"	1.01 mi	west	0° 15' 04.8"	17.29 mi	south	17.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 06:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 27'	South
Longitude:	119° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.53 meters/second, 1513.9 km/hour, 940.7 miles/hour or 817.4 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' 25.0"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 04.6"	940.49 mi	west	0° 05' 59.5"	6.87 mi	north	940.81 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 37.4"	891.10 mi	east	2° 55' 40.4"	201.38 mi	north	921.00 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
Puri	Tue 11:46 AM	237 km	147 miles	128 nm	NW
Bhubaneshwar	Tue 11:46 AM	281 km	174 miles	151 nm	NNW
Visakhapatnam	Tue 11:46 AM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	W
Howrah	Tue 11:46 AM	502 km	312 miles	271 nm	NNE
Kolkata	Tue 11:46 AM	503 km	312 miles	271 nm	NNE
Kakinada	Tue 11:46 AM	556 km	345 miles	300 nm	WSW
Khulna	Tue 12:16 PM	567 km	353 miles	306 nm	NNE
Jessore	Tue 12:16 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	NNE
Durgapur	Tue 11:46 AM	592 km	368 miles	320 nm	N
Barisal	Tue 12:16 PM	592 km	368 miles	320 nm	NNE