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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 07:54:00 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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 07:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 42'	South
Longitude:	58° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.65 meters/second, 1661.9 km/hour, 1032.7 miles/hour or 897.4 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"	17.21 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.21 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.7"	1032.71 mi	west	0° 00' 57.2"	1.09 mi	south	1032.70 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 13.3"	4.84 mi	west	0° 22' 52.7"	26.20 mi	south	26.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 07:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	North
Longitude:	41° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.10 meters/second, 1516.0 km/hour, 942.0 miles/hour or 818.5 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' 30.6"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.0"	941.73 mi	west	0° 03' 00.0"	3.44 mi	south	941.88 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 00.2"	758.24 mi	east	1° 38' 24.4"	112.82 mi	south	770.43 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
Victoria	Sun 11:54 AM	323 km	201 miles	175 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Sun 1:54 PM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	E
Port Louis	Sun 11:54 AM	1602 km	996 miles	865 nm	S
Mogadishu	Sun 10:54 AM	1663 km	1033 miles	898 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Sun 11:54 AM	1705 km	1059 miles	920 nm	S
Moroni	Sun 10:54 AM	1761 km	1094 miles	951 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Sun 10:54 AM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	SW
Male	Sun 12:54 PM	2026 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Sun 10:54 AM	2092 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	W
Nairobi	Sun 10:54 AM	2421 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	W