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 19:16:00 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 19:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 34'	North
Longitude:	107° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.99 meters/second, 1609.2 km/hour, 999.9 miles/hour or 868.9 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.5"	999.74 mi	west	0° 00' 43.9"	0.84 mi	south	999.77 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 18.9"	2.57 mi	west	0° 17' 39.9"	20.25 mi	south	20.41 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 19:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 19'	North
Longitude:	156° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.72 meters/second, 1536.2 km/hour, 954.5 miles/hour or 829.5 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"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 50.4"	954.31 mi	west	0° 05' 50.6"	6.70 mi	north	954.06 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 04.1"	748.85 mi	east	1° 56' 31.0"	133.58 mi	north	756.40 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
Colima *	Thu 2:16 PM	604 km	376 miles	326 nm	NE
Puerto Vallarta *	Thu 2:16 PM	627 km	390 miles	339 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Thu 2:16 PM	744 km	462 miles	402 nm	NE
Mazatlan *	Thu 1:16 PM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	N
Acapulco *	Thu 2:16 PM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	E
Leon *	Thu 2:16 PM	904 km	562 miles	488 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Thu 2:16 PM	915 km	568 miles	494 nm	NE
Mexico City *	Thu 2:16 PM	1027 km	638 miles	554 nm	ENE
San Luis Potosi *	Thu 2:16 PM	1033 km	642 miles	558 nm	NE
Veracruz *	Thu 2:16 PM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	ENE