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 Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 09:28:00 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 Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 47'	North
Longitude:	38° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.62 meters/second, 1615.0 km/hour, 1003.5 miles/hour or 872.0 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"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.5"	1003.41 mi	west	0° 00' 45.3"	0.87 mi	south	1003.44 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 40.1"	2.98 mi	west	0° 18' 17.4"	20.96 mi	south	21.17 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 30'	North
Longitude:	25° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.47 meters/second, 1502.9 km/hour, 933.8 miles/hour or 811.5 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' 30.2"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 11.3"	933.56 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	933.57 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 24.7"	771.89 mi	east	0° 29' 09.6"	33.44 mi	south	773.89 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
Asmara	Sun 12:28 PM	61 km	38 miles	33 nm	N
Keren	Sun 12:28 PM	123 km	76 miles	66 nm	NNW
Mek'ele	Sun 12:28 PM	153 km	95 miles	83 nm	SSE
Teseney	Sun 12:28 PM	252 km	156 miles	136 nm	W
Kassala	Sun 12:28 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	WNW
Tadjoura	Sun 12:28 PM	538 km	335 miles	291 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Sun 12:28 PM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	NNW
Sana	Sun 12:28 PM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	E
Ali Sabieh	Sun 12:28 PM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	SE
Djibouti	Sun 12:28 PM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	SE