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 08:48:00 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 08:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 06'	North
Longitude:	45° 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 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 03'	South
Longitude:	129° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.08 meters/second, 1497.9 km/hour, 930.8 miles/hour or 808.8 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' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 42.5"	930.52 mi	west	0° 01' 16.9"	1.47 mi	north	930.58 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 21.0"	898.95 mi	east	1° 07' 40.9"	77.61 mi	north	905.61 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	Sat 11:48 AM	223 km	139 miles	121 nm	NNW
Mombasa	Sat 11:48 AM	829 km	515 miles	448 nm	SW
Zanzibar City	Sat 11:48 AM	1015 km	631 miles	548 nm	SW
Nairobi	Sat 11:48 AM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	W
Dar es Salaam	Sat 11:48 AM	1059 km	658 miles	572 nm	SW
Victoria	Sat 12:48 PM	1185 km	737 miles	640 nm	ESE
Addis Ababa	Sat 11:48 AM	1264 km	785 miles	683 nm	NW
Djibouti	Sat 11:48 AM	1306 km	812 miles	705 nm	NNW
Dodoma	Sat 11:48 AM	1323 km	822 miles	714 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 11:48 AM	1331 km	827 miles	719 nm	SSW