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 18:24:00 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 18:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 19'	South
Longitude:	100° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.43 meters/second, 1643.1 km/hour, 1021.0 miles/hour or 887.2 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' 06.5"	1020.98 mi	west	0° 00' 53.8"	1.03 mi	south	1020.95 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 31.2"	2.86 mi	west	0° 21' 26.9"	24.57 mi	south	24.74 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 19, 2012 at 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 48'	South
Longitude:	39° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.35 meters/second, 1498.9 km/hour, 931.4 miles/hour or 809.3 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' 23.7"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	north	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 49.9"	931.13 mi	west	0° 01' 47.0"	2.04 mi	north	931.23 mi
24 hours	14° 11' 36.8"	917.97 mi	east	1° 20' 22.5"	92.16 mi	north	926.55 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
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:24 PM	1557 km	968 miles	841 nm	NE
Easter Island *	Fri 1:24 PM	2095 km	1302 miles	1131 nm	SSW
Guayaquil	Fri 1:24 PM	2402 km	1493 miles	1297 nm	ENE
Lima	Fri 1:24 PM	2521 km	1567 miles	1361 nm	E
Quito	Fri 1:24 PM	2635 km	1637 miles	1423 nm	ENE
San Jose	Fri 12:24 PM	2854 km	1774 miles	1541 nm	NE
San Salvador	Fri 12:24 PM	2915 km	1811 miles	1574 nm	NNE
Managua	Fri 12:24 PM	2916 km	1812 miles	1575 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 12:24 PM	2951 km	1834 miles	1594 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Fri 12:24 PM	3048 km	1894 miles	1646 nm	NNE