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 Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 11:10:00 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 Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 11:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 53'	North
Longitude:	12° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.02 meters/second, 1634.5 km/hour, 1015.6 miles/hour or 882.6 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"	16.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	south	16.93 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.3"	1015.57 mi	west	0° 00' 50.3"	0.96 mi	south	1015.59 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 48.5"	4.30 mi	west	0° 20' 11.3"	23.13 mi	south	23.53 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 11:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 09'	South
Longitude:	57° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.73 meters/second, 1586.6 km/hour, 985.9 miles/hour or 856.7 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' 28.6"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 33.2"	985.75 mi	west	0° 11' 24.8"	13.08 mi	south	985.54 mi
24 hours	12° 48' 59.8"	872.77 mi	east	4° 15' 44.0"	293.00 mi	south	914.37 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	Tue 12:10 PM	226 km	141 miles	122 nm	E
Garoua	Tue 12:10 PM	290 km	180 miles	156 nm	S
Zinder	Tue 12:10 PM	483 km	300 miles	261 nm	WNW
Kano	Tue 12:10 PM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	W
Moundou	Tue 12:10 PM	499 km	310 miles	270 nm	SE
Kaduna	Tue 12:10 PM	625 km	388 miles	337 nm	WSW
Maradi	Tue 12:10 PM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	WNW
Sarh	Tue 12:10 PM	664 km	413 miles	359 nm	ESE
Abuja	Tue 12:10 PM	703 km	437 miles	380 nm	WSW
Bamenda	Tue 12:10 PM	727 km	452 miles	392 nm	SSW