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 25, 2012 at 05:24:00 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 25, 2012 at 05:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 37'	North
Longitude:	99° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.04 meters/second, 1641.8 km/hour, 1020.1 miles/hour or 886.5 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"	17.00 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.00 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.3"	1020.11 mi	west	0° 00' 51.9"	0.99 mi	south	1020.13 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 13.4"	4.79 mi	west	0° 20' 50.6"	23.88 mi	south	24.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 05:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 10'	South
Longitude:	165° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.70 meters/second, 1496.5 km/hour, 929.9 miles/hour or 808.1 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' 24.5"	15.50 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.50 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 35.4"	929.62 mi	west	0° 01' 48.8"	2.08 mi	south	929.53 mi
24 hours	14° 09' 43.5"	913.65 mi	east	0° 04' 31.5"	5.19 mi	south	913.43 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
Na Thon (Ko Samui)	Sat 12:24 PM	141 km	88 miles	76 nm	SSE
Hua Hin	Sat 12:24 PM	231 km	143 miles	125 nm	NNE
Phuket	Sat 12:24 PM	301 km	187 miles	162 nm	SSW
Pattaya	Sat 12:24 PM	313 km	195 miles	169 nm	NE
Bangkok	Sat 12:24 PM	371 km	230 miles	200 nm	NNE
Hat Yai	Sat 12:24 PM	421 km	261 miles	227 nm	SSE
Sihanoukville	Sat 12:24 PM	469 km	291 miles	253 nm	E
Battambang	Sat 12:24 PM	512 km	318 miles	276 nm	ENE
George Town	Sat 1:24 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	SSE
Phnom Penh	Sat 12:24 PM	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	E