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 Monday, October 22, 2012 at 07:06:00 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 Monday, October 22, 2012 at 07:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 13'	South
Longitude:	69° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.07 meters/second, 1638.2 km/hour, 1018.0 miles/hour or 884.6 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"	16.97 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	16.97 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.4"	1017.92 mi	west	0° 00' 52.8"	1.01 mi	south	1017.89 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 06.4"	2.38 mi	west	0° 21' 01.9"	24.10 mi	south	24.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 07:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 16'	South
Longitude:	164° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.84 meters/second, 1554.6 km/hour, 966.0 miles/hour or 839.4 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' 28.2"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 21.0"	965.89 mi	west	0° 08' 35.3"	9.85 mi	north	966.27 mi
24 hours	12° 18' 06.6"	821.06 mi	east	3° 44' 50.8"	257.64 mi	north	866.93 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	Mon 1:06 PM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	NE
Port Louis	Mon 11:06 AM	1608 km	999 miles	868 nm	SW
Victoria	Mon 11:06 AM	1695 km	1054 miles	915 nm	WNW
Male	Mon 12:06 PM	1764 km	1096 miles	953 nm	NNE
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:06 AM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	SW
Colombo	Mon 12:36 PM	2320 km	1442 miles	1253 nm	NNE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 12:36 PM	2320 km	1442 miles	1253 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 12:36 PM	2338 km	1453 miles	1263 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Mon 10:06 AM	2493 km	1549 miles	1346 nm	WSW
Madurai	Mon 12:36 PM	2531 km	1573 miles	1367 nm	NNE