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 07:20:00 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 07:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 55'	South
Longitude:	66° 49'	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"	1034.02 mi	west	0° 00' 57.5"	1.10 mi	south	1034.01 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 26.1"	5.10 mi	west	0° 23' 00.9"	26.36 mi	south	26.85 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 45'	North
Longitude:	56° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.91 meters/second, 1511.7 km/hour, 939.3 miles/hour or 816.2 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' 54.9"	939.05 mi	west	0° 01' 44.4"	2.00 mi	north	938.96 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 30.2"	755.39 mi	east	0° 14' 59.5"	17.19 mi	north	754.96 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 1:20 PM	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	ESE
Addu City	Fri 12:20 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	ENE
Male	Fri 12:20 PM	1252 km	778 miles	676 nm	NE
Victoria	Fri 11:20 AM	1261 km	783 miles	681 nm	W
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 12:50 PM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	NE
Colombo	Fri 12:50 PM	1954 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:50 PM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	NE
Port Louis	Fri 11:20 AM	1965 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	SSW
Madurai	Fri 12:50 PM	2065 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	NE
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:20 AM	2150 km	1336 miles	1161 nm	SSW