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 Sunday, September 23, 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 Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 08:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 18'	South
Longitude:	45° 48'	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' 13.0"	1037.87 mi	west	0° 00' 58.3"	1.11 mi	south	1037.87 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 13.7"	6.03 mi	west	0° 23' 21.7"	26.76 mi	south	27.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 55'	South
Longitude:	143° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.68 meters/second, 1510.8 km/hour, 938.8 miles/hour or 815.8 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' 25.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 49.2"	938.58 mi	west	0° 04' 25.4"	5.07 mi	north	938.81 mi
24 hours	13° 23' 07.1"	870.65 mi	east	2° 17' 52.9"	158.07 mi	north	890.84 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	Sun 11:48 AM	263 km	163 miles	142 nm	N
Mombasa	Sun 11:48 AM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	WSW
Zanzibar City	Sun 11:48 AM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	SW
Nairobi	Sun 11:48 AM	1005 km	625 miles	543 nm	W
Dar es Salaam	Sun 11:48 AM	1021 km	635 miles	551 nm	SW
Victoria	Sun 12:48 PM	1176 km	731 miles	635 nm	ESE
Moroni	Sun 11:48 AM	1287 km	800 miles	695 nm	SSW
Addis Ababa	Sun 11:48 AM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	NW
Dodoma	Sun 11:48 AM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	WSW
Djibouti	Sun 11:48 AM	1346 km	836 miles	727 nm	NNW