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 11:46:00 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 11:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 21'	North
Longitude:	4° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.42 meters/second, 1610.7 km/hour, 1000.9 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' 00.0"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.8"	1000.72 mi	west	0° 00' 44.3"	0.85 mi	south	1000.75 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 24.7"	2.68 mi	west	0° 17' 50.1"	20.44 mi	south	20.61 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, August 10, 2012 at 11:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 44'	North
Longitude:	82° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.85 meters/second, 1522.2 km/hour, 945.9 miles/hour or 821.9 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' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 20.8"	945.63 mi	west	0° 04' 25.2"	5.07 mi	north	945.42 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 41.9"	755.09 mi	east	1° 20' 37.8"	92.45 mi	north	757.51 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
Niamey	Fri 12:46 PM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	SW
Maradi	Fri 12:46 PM	344 km	214 miles	186 nm	SE
Agadez	Fri 12:46 PM	409 km	254 miles	221 nm	ENE
Zinder	Fri 12:46 PM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	ESE
Kano	Fri 12:46 PM	568 km	353 miles	307 nm	SE
Kaduna	Fri 12:46 PM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	SSE
Parakou	Fri 12:46 PM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	SSW
Ouagadougou	Fri 11:46 AM	735 km	457 miles	397 nm	WSW
Kara	Fri 11:46 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	SSW
Abuja	Fri 12:46 PM	741 km	461 miles	400 nm	SSE