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 Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 08:28:00 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 Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 35'	North
Longitude:	51° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.04 meters/second, 1667.0 km/hour, 1035.8 miles/hour or 900.1 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"	17.26 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.26 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 13.3"	1035.86 mi	west	0° 00' 57.4"	1.10 mi	south	1035.87 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 19.0"	6.12 mi	west	0° 23' 01.8"	26.38 mi	south	27.08 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 20'	North
Longitude:	16° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.95 meters/second, 1583.8 km/hour, 984.1 miles/hour or 855.2 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' 30.4"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.7"	984.03 mi	west	0° 10' 16.0"	11.76 mi	south	984.40 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 54.0"	802.55 mi	east	4° 23' 44.9"	302.13 mi	south	862.54 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
Mogadishu	Thu 11:28 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	WSW
Bosaso	Thu 11:28 AM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	NNW
Victoria	Thu 12:28 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	SSE
Aden	Thu 11:28 AM	1260 km	783 miles	680 nm	NW
Djibouti	Thu 11:28 AM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	NW
Sana	Thu 11:28 AM	1539 km	956 miles	831 nm	NNW
Addis Ababa	Thu 11:28 AM	1551 km	964 miles	837 nm	WNW
Nairobi	Thu 11:28 AM	1739 km	1081 miles	939 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 11:28 AM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	SW
Asmara	Thu 11:28 AM	1908 km	1185 miles	1030 nm	NW