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 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 08:24:00 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 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 08:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 28'	South
Longitude:	50° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.99 meters/second, 1659.5 km/hour, 1031.2 miles/hour or 896.1 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"	17.19 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.19 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.1"	1031.23 mi	west	0° 00' 56.8"	1.09 mi	south	1031.21 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 59.2"	4.57 mi	west	0° 22' 42.9"	26.02 mi	south	26.41 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 03'	North
Longitude:	25° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.51 meters/second, 1553.4 km/hour, 965.3 miles/hour or 838.8 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' 30.9"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	south	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 01.4"	965.09 mi	west	0° 07' 26.3"	8.53 mi	south	965.43 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 32.3"	769.61 mi	east	3° 20' 49.8"	230.14 mi	south	809.02 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	Tue 12:24 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Tue 11:24 AM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	SW
Mutsamudu	Tue 11:24 AM	921 km	573 miles	498 nm	SW
Moroni	Tue 11:24 AM	979 km	608 miles	528 nm	SW
Mogadishu	Tue 11:24 AM	1103 km	686 miles	596 nm	NNW
Dar es Salaam	Tue 11:24 AM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	W
Antananarivo	Tue 11:24 AM	1415 km	879 miles	764 nm	SSW
Nairobi	Tue 11:24 AM	1626 km	1010 miles	878 nm	WNW
Dodoma	Tue 11:24 AM	1644 km	1022 miles	888 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Tue 12:24 PM	1681 km	1044 miles	907 nm	SSE