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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 44'	North
Longitude:	56° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.37 meters/second, 1664.5 km/hour, 1034.3 miles/hour or 898.8 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"	17.24 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.24 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 13.0"	1034.35 mi	west	0° 00' 56.9"	1.09 mi	south	1034.36 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 15.6"	6.04 mi	west	0° 22' 48.9"	26.13 mi	south	26.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, September 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 02'	North
Longitude:	14° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.53 meters/second, 1517.5 km/hour, 942.9 miles/hour or 819.4 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"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.9"	942.70 mi	west	0° 03' 53.2"	4.46 mi	south	942.90 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 41.3"	773.19 mi	east	2° 00' 31.3"	138.17 mi	south	790.12 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
Victoria	Mon 12:10 PM	1040 km	646 miles	562 nm	S
Mogadishu	Mon 11:10 AM	1270 km	789 miles	686 nm	WSW
Aden	Mon 11:10 AM	1544 km	960 miles	834 nm	NW
Djibouti	Mon 11:10 AM	1649 km	1025 miles	891 nm	WNW
Sana	Mon 11:10 AM	1782 km	1107 miles	962 nm	NW
Male	Mon 1:10 PM	1895 km	1177 miles	1023 nm	E
Addis Ababa	Mon 11:10 AM	2011 km	1250 miles	1086 nm	WNW
Muscat	Mon 12:10 PM	2100 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	N
Abu Dhabi	Mon 12:10 PM	2193 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	N
Diego Garcia	Mon 2:10 PM	2220 km	1379 miles	1199 nm	SE