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 Friday, September 14, 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 Friday, September 14, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 12'	North
Longitude:	51° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.23 meters/second, 1667.6 km/hour, 1036.2 miles/hour or 900.4 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"	17.27 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.27 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 13.3"	1036.27 mi	west	0° 00' 57.6"	1.10 mi	south	1036.28 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 19.6"	6.13 mi	west	0° 23' 05.4"	26.44 mi	south	27.15 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 56'	North
Longitude:	28° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.32 meters/second, 1603.2 km/hour, 996.2 miles/hour or 865.6 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"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 20.0"	996.09 mi	west	0° 11' 41.4"	13.39 mi	south	996.38 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 05.2"	819.57 mi	east	4° 51' 43.2"	334.11 mi	south	888.05 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	Fri 11:28 AM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	W
Bosaso	Fri 11:28 AM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	NNW
Victoria	Fri 12:28 PM	966 km	600 miles	521 nm	SSE
Aden	Fri 11:28 AM	1289 km	801 miles	696 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Fri 11:28 AM	1315 km	817 miles	710 nm	NW
Addis Ababa	Fri 11:28 AM	1559 km	969 miles	842 nm	WNW
Sana	Fri 11:28 AM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	NNW
Nairobi	Fri 11:28 AM	1717 km	1067 miles	927 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Fri 11:28 AM	1760 km	1093 miles	950 nm	SW
Moroni	Fri 11:28 AM	1882 km	1169 miles	1016 nm	SSW