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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 17:16:00 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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 17:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 28'	South
Longitude:	82° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.83 meters/second, 1662.6 km/hour, 1033.1 miles/hour or 897.7 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"	17.22 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.22 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.8"	1033.13 mi	west	0° 00' 57.4"	1.10 mi	south	1033.11 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 17.3"	4.92 mi	west	0° 22' 55.4"	26.25 mi	south	26.71 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 17:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 50'	North
Longitude:	170° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.59 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.8"	938.34 mi	west	0° 01' 34.4"	1.81 mi	south	938.43 mi
24 hours	348° 17' 33.7"	757.09 mi	west	1° 04' 41.2"	74.17 mi	south	763.35 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
Piura	Sat 12:16 PM	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 12:16 PM	447 km	278 miles	241 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 12:16 PM	716 km	445 miles	387 nm	NE
Lima	Sat 12:16 PM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	SE
Galapagos Islands	Sat 11:16 AM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	WNW
Cali	Sat 12:16 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	NNE
Bogota	Sat 12:16 PM	1442 km	896 miles	779 nm	NE
Medellin	Sat 12:16 PM	1494 km	928 miles	807 nm	NNE
Panama	Sat 12:16 PM	1628 km	1012 miles	879 nm	N
San Jose	Sat 11:16 AM	1714 km	1065 miles	926 nm	N