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 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 18:18:00 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 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 18:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 20'	South
Longitude:	97° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.62 meters/second, 1665.4 km/hour, 1034.8 miles/hour or 899.3 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"	17.25 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.25 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.5"	1034.90 mi	west	0° 00' 57.7"	1.10 mi	south	1034.89 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 35.0"	5.27 mi	west	0° 23' 06.3"	26.46 mi	south	26.98 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 18:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 35'	North
Longitude:	121° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.92 meters/second, 1533.3 km/hour, 952.7 miles/hour or 827.9 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' 31.5"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 32.2"	952.52 mi	west	0° 05' 08.6"	5.90 mi	north	952.30 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 24.6"	752.46 mi	east	1° 38' 55.3"	113.41 mi	north	757.26 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
Galapagos Islands	Wed 12:18 PM	964 km	599 miles	521 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Wed 1:18 PM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	E
Quito	Wed 1:18 PM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	ENE
San Jose	Wed 12:18 PM	2174 km	1351 miles	1174 nm	NE
San Salvador	Wed 12:18 PM	2198 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NNE
Managua	Wed 12:18 PM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	NE
Guatemala	Wed 12:18 PM	2234 km	1388 miles	1206 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Wed 12:18 PM	2335 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Wed 1:18 PM	2357 km	1464 miles	1273 nm	N
Lima	Wed 1:18 PM	2417 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	ESE