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, October 5, 2012 at 06:58:00 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, October 5, 2012 at 06:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 55'	South
Longitude:	72° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.23 meters/second, 1664.0 km/hour, 1034.0 miles/hour or 898.5 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"	17.23 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.23 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.2"	1034.03 mi	west	0° 00' 57.5"	1.10 mi	south	1034.02 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 26.2"	5.10 mi	west	0° 23' 01.0"	26.36 mi	south	26.85 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 06:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	North
Longitude:	51° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.94 meters/second, 1511.8 km/hour, 939.4 miles/hour or 816.3 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' 30.8"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 55.3"	939.12 mi	west	0° 01' 46.6"	2.04 mi	north	939.03 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 26.0"	755.37 mi	east	0° 15' 50.9"	18.17 mi	north	754.93 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
Diego Garcia	Fri 12:58 PM	267 km	166 miles	144 nm	S
Addu City	Fri 11:58 AM	477 km	297 miles	258 nm	N
Male	Fri 11:58 AM	1014 km	630 miles	548 nm	N
Colombo	Fri 12:28 PM	1555 km	966 miles	839 nm	NNE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:28 PM	1555 km	966 miles	840 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 12:28 PM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	NNE
Madurai	Fri 12:28 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	952 nm	NNE
Victoria	Fri 10:58 AM	1871 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	W
Bangalore	Fri 12:28 PM	2062 km	1281 miles	1113 nm	NNE
Chennai	Fri 12:28 PM	2178 km	1353 miles	1176 nm	NNE