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, August 9, 2012 at 18:16:00 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 Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 18:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 34'	North
Longitude:	92° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.96 meters/second, 1609.1 km/hour, 999.8 miles/hour or 868.8 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' 00.1"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.66 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.5"	999.68 mi	west	0° 00' 43.7"	0.84 mi	south	999.71 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 18.7"	2.57 mi	west	0° 17' 39.3"	20.23 mi	south	20.40 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 18:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 13'	North
Longitude:	171° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.97 meters/second, 1537.1 km/hour, 955.1 miles/hour or 830.0 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' 31.8"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.2"	954.88 mi	west	0° 05' 55.5"	6.79 mi	north	954.64 mi
24 hours	348° 36' 38.8"	748.49 mi	west	1° 58' 36.6"	135.98 mi	north	756.42 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
Tuxtla Gutierrez *	Thu 1:16 PM	132 km	82 miles	71 nm	N
San Cristobal de las Casas *	Thu 1:16 PM	132 km	82 miles	72 nm	NNE
Quetzaltenango	Thu 12:16 PM	173 km	108 miles	94 nm	ESE
Escuintla	Thu 12:16 PM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	ESE
Guatemala	Thu 12:16 PM	278 km	173 miles	150 nm	ESE
Santa Ana	Thu 12:16 PM	403 km	250 miles	217 nm	ESE
Oaxaca *	Thu 1:16 PM	438 km	272 miles	237 nm	WNW
San Salvador	Thu 12:16 PM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	ESE
Belmopan	Thu 12:16 PM	481 km	299 miles	260 nm	ENE
Veracruz *	Thu 1:16 PM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	NW