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, September 22, 2012 at 07:48:00 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, September 22, 2012 at 07:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 07'	North
Longitude:	60° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.94 meters/second, 1670.2 km/hour, 1037.8 miles/hour or 901.8 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"	17.30 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.30 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 13.1"	1037.88 mi	west	0° 00' 58.3"	1.11 mi	south	1037.89 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 15.5"	6.06 mi	west	0° 23' 21.3"	26.75 mi	south	27.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 07:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 04'	South
Longitude:	143° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.02 meters/second, 1497.7 km/hour, 930.6 miles/hour or 808.7 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' 24.6"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 40.5"	930.36 mi	west	0° 01' 08.5"	1.31 mi	north	930.42 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 26.4"	900.00 mi	east	1° 04' 31.4"	73.98 mi	north	906.22 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	Sat 11:48 AM	799 km	497 miles	432 nm	SW
Male	Sat 12:48 PM	1474 km	916 miles	796 nm	ENE
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:48 PM	1522 km	946 miles	822 nm	ESE
Mogadishu	Sat 10:48 AM	1743 km	1083 miles	941 nm	W
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 1:18 PM	2009 km	1248 miles	1085 nm	ENE
Madurai	Sat 1:18 PM	2195 km	1364 miles	1185 nm	ENE
Colombo	Sat 1:18 PM	2238 km	1391 miles	1208 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 1:18 PM	2242 km	1393 miles	1211 nm	ENE
Aden	Sat 10:48 AM	2248 km	1397 miles	1214 nm	NW
Port Louis	Sat 11:48 AM	2273 km	1413 miles	1227 nm	S