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 09:18:00 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 09:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 37'	South
Longitude:	36° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.85 meters/second, 1655.5 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"	1028.67 mi	west	0° 00' 56.1"	1.07 mi	south	1028.65 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 35.9"	4.11 mi	west	0° 22' 25.3"	25.68 mi	south	26.01 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 53'	North
Longitude:	3° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.59 meters/second, 1611.3 km/hour, 1001.2 miles/hour or 870.0 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 22.2"	1001.17 mi	west	0° 12' 05.2"	13.84 mi	south	1001.38 mi
24 hours	12° 00' 43.3"	829.04 mi	east	4° 57' 49.2"	341.07 mi	south	897.75 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
Dodoma	Fri 12:18 PM	199 km	124 miles	108 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Fri 12:18 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	ENE
Zanzibar City	Fri 12:18 PM	307 km	191 miles	166 nm	ENE
Arusha	Fri 12:18 PM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	N
Mombasa	Fri 12:18 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NE
Nairobi	Fri 12:18 PM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	N
Mwanza	Fri 12:18 PM	712 km	442 miles	384 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Fri 11:18 AM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	SSW
Nakuru	Fri 12:18 PM	812 km	505 miles	439 nm	N
Moroni	Fri 12:18 PM	841 km	523 miles	454 nm	ESE