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, August 7, 2012 at 11:40:00 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, August 7, 2012 at 11:40:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 14'	North
Longitude:	6° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.51 meters/second, 1603.8 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 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"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.7"	996.43 mi	west	0° 00' 42.3"	0.81 mi	south	996.46 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 59.6"	2.21 mi	west	0° 17' 04.6"	19.57 mi	south	19.70 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 11:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 58'	North
Longitude:	114° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.80 meters/second, 1590.5 km/hour, 988.3 miles/hour or 858.8 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' 33.0"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 01.8"	988.19 mi	west	0° 09' 42.1"	11.11 mi	north	987.98 mi
24 hours	10° 50' 55.8"	736.82 mi	east	3° 36' 25.3"	247.97 mi	north	772.71 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
Agadez	Tue 12:40 PM	212 km	132 miles	115 nm	ENE
Maradi	Tue 12:40 PM	319 km	198 miles	172 nm	SSE
Zinder	Tue 12:40 PM	406 km	252 miles	219 nm	SE
Niamey	Tue 12:40 PM	529 km	328 miles	285 nm	SW
Kano	Tue 12:40 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	SSE
Kaduna	Tue 12:40 PM	646 km	402 miles	349 nm	SSE
Abuja	Tue 12:40 PM	788 km	489 miles	425 nm	S
Parakou	Tue 12:40 PM	853 km	530 miles	460 nm	SSW
Kara	Tue 11:40 AM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	SW
Ouagadougou	Tue 11:40 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	WSW