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 Friday, August 10, 2012 at 10:46:00 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 Friday, August 10, 2012 at 10:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 22'	North
Longitude:	19° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.40 meters/second, 1610.6 km/hour, 1000.8 miles/hour or 869.7 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"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.9"	1000.66 mi	west	0° 00' 44.2"	0.85 mi	south	1000.69 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 24.4"	2.68 mi	west	0° 17' 49.4"	20.43 mi	south	20.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, August 10, 2012 at 10:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 40'	North
Longitude:	68° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.06 meters/second, 1523.0 km/hour, 946.4 miles/hour or 822.4 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' 31.3"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 22.6"	946.10 mi	west	0° 04' 30.6"	5.17 mi	north	945.90 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 00.8"	754.70 mi	east	1° 22' 52.5"	95.02 mi	north	757.36 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
Ndjamena	Fri 11:46 AM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	SW
Sarh	Fri 11:46 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	S
Moundou	Fri 11:46 AM	842 km	523 miles	455 nm	SSW
Bangui	Fri 11:46 AM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	S
Kano	Fri 11:46 AM	1250 km	777 miles	675 nm	WSW
Khartoum	Fri 1:46 PM	1393 km	866 miles	752 nm	E
Abuja	Fri 11:46 AM	1509 km	938 miles	815 nm	WSW
Yaoundé	Fri 11:46 AM	1549 km	962 miles	836 nm	SW
Malabo	Fri 11:46 AM	1743 km	1083 miles	941 nm	SW
Juba	Fri 1:46 PM	1758 km	1092 miles	949 nm	SE