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 07:28:00 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 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 56'	South
Longitude:	64° 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' 57.6"	1.10 mi	south	1034.01 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 26.2"	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 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 45'	North
Longitude:	58° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.90 meters/second, 1511.6 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' 30.9"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.8"	939.02 mi	west	0° 01' 43.7"	1.98 mi	north	938.93 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 31.7"	755.40 mi	east	0° 14' 40.8"	16.83 mi	north	754.98 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 1:28 PM	883 km	549 miles	477 nm	ESE
Victoria	Fri 11:28 AM	1039 km	645 miles	561 nm	W
Male	Fri 12:28 PM	1396 km	867 miles	754 nm	NE
Port Louis	Fri 11:28 AM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	SSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 12:58 PM	2005 km	1246 miles	1083 nm	NE
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:28 AM	2034 km	1264 miles	1098 nm	SSW
Colombo	Fri 12:58 PM	2124 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:58 PM	2127 km	1322 miles	1148 nm	NE
Madurai	Fri 12:58 PM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	NE
Mogadishu	Fri 10:28 AM	2299 km	1428 miles	1241 nm	WNW