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 08:38:00 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 08:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 14'	South
Longitude:	46° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.25 meters/second, 1656.9 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"	1029.58 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	south	1029.56 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 44.0"	4.27 mi	west	0° 22' 31.6"	25.80 mi	south	26.15 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 37'	North
Longitude:	5° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.83 meters/second, 1597.8 km/hour, 992.8 miles/hour or 862.7 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"	16.55 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 53.6"	992.75 mi	west	0° 10' 55.2"	12.51 mi	south	993.06 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 35.8"	802.06 mi	east	4° 36' 14.0"	316.39 mi	south	865.93 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
Mutsamudu	Thu 11:38 AM	611 km	379 miles	330 nm	SSW
Moroni	Thu 11:38 AM	629 km	391 miles	339 nm	SW
Mamoutzou	Thu 11:38 AM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	SSW
Dar es Salaam	Thu 11:38 AM	841 km	523 miles	454 nm	W
Zanzibar City	Thu 11:38 AM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	W
Mombasa	Thu 11:38 AM	873 km	543 miles	472 nm	WNW
Victoria	Thu 12:38 PM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	ENE
Mogadishu	Thu 11:38 AM	1039 km	646 miles	561 nm	N
Dodoma	Thu 11:38 AM	1247 km	775 miles	673 nm	W
Antananarivo	Thu 11:38 AM	1295 km	805 miles	699 nm	S