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 Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 16:56:00 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 Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 16:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 60'	North
Longitude:	73° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.19 meters/second, 1613.5 km/hour, 1002.6 miles/hour or 871.2 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"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.2"	1002.44 mi	west	0° 00' 45.0"	0.86 mi	south	1002.47 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 34.6"	2.87 mi	west	0° 18' 07.7"	20.77 mi	south	20.97 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 16:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 15'	North
Longitude:	146° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.32 meters/second, 1506.0 km/hour, 935.8 miles/hour or 813.2 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' 30.4"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 32.2"	935.48 mi	west	0° 01' 39.5"	1.90 mi	north	935.39 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 58.6"	766.26 mi	east	0° 11' 51.0"	13.59 mi	north	765.86 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
Port-au-Prince *	Sat 12:56 PM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	N
Oranjestad	Sat 12:56 PM	429 km	266 miles	232 nm	SE
Barranquilla	Sat 11:56 AM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	SSW
Gonaïves *	Sat 12:56 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	N
Maracaibo	Sat 12:26 PM	495 km	308 miles	267 nm	SSE
Santo Domingo	Sat 12:56 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NE
Kingston	Sat 11:56 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NW
Cap-Haïtien *	Sat 12:56 PM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	N
Willemstad	Sat 12:56 PM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	SE
Santiago de los Caballeros	Sat 12:56 PM	551 km	342 miles	297 nm	NNE