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 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 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 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 51'	South
Longitude:	53° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.63 meters/second, 1658.3 km/hour, 1030.4 miles/hour or 895.4 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"	17.17 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.17 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.8"	1030.44 mi	west	0° 00' 56.7"	1.08 mi	south	1030.42 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 51.8"	4.42 mi	west	0° 22' 37.5"	25.92 mi	south	26.29 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 08:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 45'	North
Longitude:	10° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.96 meters/second, 1576.6 km/hour, 979.7 miles/hour or 851.3 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' 31.0"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.4"	979.57 mi	west	0° 09' 18.7"	10.67 mi	south	979.92 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 39.5"	782.34 mi	east	4° 02' 25.5"	277.73 mi	south	835.41 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	Wed 12:10 PM	296 km	184 miles	160 nm	NE
Moroni	Wed 11:10 AM	1285 km	798 miles	694 nm	WSW
Mogadishu	Wed 11:10 AM	1372 km	853 miles	741 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Wed 11:10 AM	1507 km	936 miles	814 nm	SSW
Port Louis	Wed 12:10 PM	1523 km	946 miles	822 nm	SSE
Saint-Denis	Wed 12:10 PM	1561 km	970 miles	843 nm	S
Dar es Salaam	Wed 11:10 AM	1622 km	1008 miles	876 nm	W
Nairobi	Wed 11:10 AM	1999 km	1242 miles	1080 nm	WNW
Dodoma	Wed 11:10 AM	2016 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Wed 2:10 PM	2040 km	1268 miles	1101 nm	E