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 29, 2012 at 19:50:00 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 29, 2012 at 19:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 47'	South
Longitude:	121° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.58 meters/second, 1622.1 km/hour, 1007.9 miles/hour or 875.9 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' 00.0"	16.80 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	south	16.80 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	1007.82 mi	west	0° 00' 49.1"	0.94 mi	south	1007.79 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 44.3"	0.83 mi	west	0° 19' 32.6"	22.39 mi	south	22.41 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 26'	North
Longitude:	57° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.45 meters/second, 1560.4 km/hour, 969.6 miles/hour or 842.6 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' 32.2"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 13.9"	969.43 mi	west	0° 07' 24.1"	8.48 mi	north	969.18 mi
24 hours	11° 13' 13.6"	748.31 mi	east	2° 36' 46.9"	179.70 mi	north	764.75 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
Adamstown	Mon 11:50 AM	1519 km	944 miles	820 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Mon 2:50 PM	1966 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	SE
Papeete	Mon 9:50 AM	2997 km	1862 miles	1618 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 1:50 PM	3828 km	2378 miles	2067 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Mon 9:50 AM	4100 km	2548 miles	2214 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Tue 9:50 AM	4281 km	2660 miles	2311 nm	WNW
Mexico City	Mon 1:50 PM	4438 km	2757 miles	2396 nm	NE
Guatemala	Mon 1:50 PM	4666 km	2899 miles	2519 nm	NE
San Salvador	Mon 1:50 PM	4712 km	2928 miles	2544 nm	NE
Lima	Mon 2:50 PM	4860 km	3020 miles	2624 nm	E