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 19, 2012 at 12:24:00 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 19, 2012 at 12:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 14'	South
Longitude:	10° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.56 meters/second, 1643.6 km/hour, 1021.3 miles/hour or 887.5 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"	17.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.02 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 06.6"	1021.27 mi	west	0° 00' 53.9"	1.03 mi	south	1021.24 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 33.5"	2.91 mi	west	0° 21' 29.3"	24.62 mi	south	24.79 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 19, 2012 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	South
Longitude:	46° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.87 meters/second, 1497.1 km/hour, 930.3 miles/hour or 808.4 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' 23.4"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 33.5"	930.05 mi	west	0° 00' 55.0"	1.05 mi	north	930.10 mi
24 hours	14° 20' 15.9"	926.51 mi	east	1° 00' 52.6"	69.80 mi	north	932.20 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
Jamestown	Fri 12:24 PM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	SE
Monrovia	Fri 12:24 PM	1832 km	1138 miles	989 nm	N
Abidjan	Fri 12:24 PM	1845 km	1147 miles	996 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Fri 12:24 PM	1958 km	1217 miles	1058 nm	NNE
Accra	Fri 12:24 PM	2058 km	1279 miles	1111 nm	NNE
Freetown	Fri 12:24 PM	2100 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	N
São Tomé	Fri 12:24 PM	2195 km	1364 miles	1185 nm	ENE
Lome	Fri 12:24 PM	2199 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NE
Conakry	Fri 12:24 PM	2221 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	N
Porto Novo	Fri 1:24 PM	2334 km	1450 miles	1260 nm	NE