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 20:16:00 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 20:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 33'	North
Longitude:	122° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.01 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"	999.80 mi	west	0° 00' 43.9"	0.84 mi	south	999.83 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 19.3"	2.58 mi	west	0° 17' 40.5"	20.26 mi	south	20.42 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 20:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 25'	North
Longitude:	142° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.46 meters/second, 1535.3 km/hour, 954.0 miles/hour or 829.0 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' 31.7"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 48.6"	953.74 mi	west	0° 05' 45.6"	6.60 mi	north	953.50 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 47.0"	749.21 mi	east	1° 54' 25.0"	131.17 mi	north	756.39 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
Mazatlan *	Thu 2:16 PM	1929 km	1198 miles	1041 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Thu 1:16 PM	1936 km	1203 miles	1045 nm	NE
Tijuana *	Thu 1:16 PM	1974 km	1227 miles	1066 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Thu 1:16 PM	1989 km	1236 miles	1074 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Thu 1:16 PM	2038 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Thu 1:16 PM	2103 km	1307 miles	1135 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Thu 3:16 PM	2146 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Thu 1:16 PM	2264 km	1407 miles	1222 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes *	Thu 3:16 PM	2282 km	1418 miles	1232 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Thu 1:16 PM	2408 km	1496 miles	1300 nm	NNE