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 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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 35'	South
Longitude:	64° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.88 meters/second, 1655.6 km/hour, 1028.7 miles/hour or 893.9 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"	1028.74 mi	west	0° 00' 56.1"	1.07 mi	south	1028.72 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 36.5"	4.13 mi	west	0° 22' 25.7"	25.69 mi	south	26.02 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 15'	North
Longitude:	23° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.41 meters/second, 1610.7 km/hour, 1000.8 miles/hour or 869.7 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' 30.4"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 25.3"	1000.78 mi	west	0° 12' 01.1"	13.77 mi	south	1001.00 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 06.2"	826.80 mi	east	4° 56' 44.0"	339.83 mi	south	895.41 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
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:28 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	E
Victoria	Fri 11:28 AM	1036 km	644 miles	559 nm	WNW
Port Louis	Fri 11:28 AM	1575 km	979 miles	850 nm	SSW
Male	Fri 12:28 PM	1652 km	1027 miles	892 nm	NE
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:28 AM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	SSW
Antananarivo	Fri 10:28 AM	2209 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	SW
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 12:58 PM	2264 km	1407 miles	1222 nm	NE
Moroni	Fri 10:28 AM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	WSW
Colombo	Fri 12:58 PM	2355 km	1463 miles	1272 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:58 PM	2357 km	1465 miles	1273 nm	NE