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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 06:28:00 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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 06:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 34'	South
Longitude:	79° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.90 meters/second, 1655.6 km/hour, 1028.8 miles/hour or 894.0 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"	17.15 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.15 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.2"	1028.78 mi	west	0° 00' 56.1"	1.07 mi	south	1028.76 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 36.8"	4.13 mi	west	0° 22' 26.0"	25.70 mi	south	26.03 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 06:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 27'	North
Longitude:	37° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.31 meters/second, 1610.3 km/hour, 1000.6 miles/hour or 869.5 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' 30.4"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.1"	1000.54 mi	west	0° 11' 58.9"	13.72 mi	south	1000.77 mi
24 hours	11° 58' 14.7"	825.59 mi	east	4° 56' 06.1"	339.10 mi	south	894.13 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	Fri 12:28 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	W
Male	Fri 11:28 AM	1451 km	902 miles	783 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 11:58 AM	1600 km	994 miles	864 nm	N
Colombo	Fri 11:58 AM	1603 km	996 miles	866 nm	N
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 11:58 AM	1797 km	1116 miles	970 nm	N
Madurai	Fri 11:58 AM	1938 km	1204 miles	1047 nm	N
Bangalore	Fri 11:58 AM	2280 km	1417 miles	1231 nm	N
Chennai	Fri 11:58 AM	2286 km	1421 miles	1235 nm	N
Victoria	Fri 10:28 AM	2663 km	1655 miles	1438 nm	W
Port Louis	Fri 10:28 AM	2736 km	1700 miles	1477 nm	WSW