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 19:20:00 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 19:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 07'	South
Longitude:	113° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.09 meters/second, 1663.5 km/hour, 1033.7 miles/hour or 898.2 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' 11.0"	1033.72 mi	west	0° 00' 57.4"	1.10 mi	south	1033.70 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 23.1"	5.04 mi	west	0° 22' 59.1"	26.33 mi	south	26.80 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 19:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 60'	North
Longitude:	129° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.18 meters/second, 1509.0 km/hour, 937.7 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 30.7"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.0"	937.41 mi	west	0° 00' 34.7"	0.66 mi	north	937.38 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 10.7"	755.99 mi	east	0° 13' 11.7"	15.13 mi	south	756.69 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
Easter Island *	Fri 2:20 PM	2466 km	1532 miles	1332 nm	S
Galapagos Islands	Fri 1:20 PM	2667 km	1657 miles	1440 nm	E
Adamstown	Fri 11:20 AM	2850 km	1771 miles	1539 nm	SW
Mexico City *	Fri 2:20 PM	3123 km	1940 miles	1686 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 1:20 PM	3322 km	2064 miles	1794 nm	NE
San Salvador	Fri 1:20 PM	3373 km	2096 miles	1821 nm	NE
Managua	Fri 1:20 PM	3543 km	2202 miles	1913 nm	ENE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 1:20 PM	3571 km	2219 miles	1928 nm	NE
San Jose	Fri 1:20 PM	3635 km	2259 miles	1963 nm	ENE
Belmopan	Fri 1:20 PM	3654 km	2270 miles	1973 nm	NE