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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 07:28:00 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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 13'	South
Longitude:	64° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.27 meters/second, 1657.0 km/hour, 1029.6 miles/hour or 894.7 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"	17.16 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.16 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.4"	1029.62 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	south	1029.60 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 44.4"	4.28 mi	west	0° 22' 31.9"	25.81 mi	south	26.16 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 50'	North
Longitude:	11° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.59 meters/second, 1596.9 km/hour, 992.3 miles/hour or 862.3 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' 30.8"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.6"	992.20 mi	west	0° 10' 51.1"	12.43 mi	south	992.52 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 01.5"	800.96 mi	east	4° 34' 52.4"	314.83 mi	south	864.42 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
Diego Garcia	Thu 1:28 PM	886 km	551 miles	478 nm	E
Victoria	Thu 11:28 AM	1031 km	640 miles	556 nm	WNW
Port Louis	Thu 11:28 AM	1615 km	1004 miles	872 nm	SSW
Male	Thu 12:28 PM	1616 km	1004 miles	872 nm	NE
Saint-Denis	Thu 11:28 AM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	SSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 12:58 PM	2227 km	1384 miles	1202 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Thu 10:28 AM	2239 km	1391 miles	1209 nm	SW
Colombo	Thu 12:58 PM	2322 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 12:58 PM	2324 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	NE
Mogadishu	Thu 10:28 AM	2351 km	1461 miles	1270 nm	WNW