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 26, 2012 at 20:14:00 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 26, 2012 at 20:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 03'	North
Longitude:	123° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.86 meters/second, 1644.7 km/hour, 1022.0 miles/hour or 888.1 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"	17.03 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.03 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.8"	1021.94 mi	west	0° 00' 52.6"	1.00 mi	south	1021.97 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 23.1"	4.98 mi	west	0° 21' 06.0"	24.17 mi	south	24.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 20:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 37'	South
Longitude:	5° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.49 meters/second, 1503.0 km/hour, 933.9 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' 25.2"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 11.5"	933.67 mi	west	0° 03' 35.3"	4.12 mi	north	933.86 mi
24 hours	13° 42' 16.7"	887.39 mi	east	2° 00' 52.8"	138.59 mi	north	903.74 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
Mazatlan *	Sun 2:14 PM	2319 km	1441 miles	1252 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Sun 3:14 PM	2446 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Sun 1:14 PM	2471 km	1536 miles	1334 nm	NNE
Tijuana *	Sun 1:14 PM	2574 km	1600 miles	1390 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Sun 1:14 PM	2591 km	1610 miles	1399 nm	NNE
Aguascalientes *	Sun 3:14 PM	2602 km	1617 miles	1405 nm	ENE
Mexicali *	Sun 1:14 PM	2631 km	1635 miles	1421 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Sun 3:14 PM	2645 km	1644 miles	1428 nm	ENE
Los Angeles *	Sun 1:14 PM	2709 km	1683 miles	1463 nm	N
Mexico City *	Sun 3:14 PM	2805 km	1743 miles	1514 nm	ENE