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 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 13:46:00 UTC.
• Local time for Peshawar is Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 6:46:00 PM.
• 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 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 13:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 60'	North
Longitude:	26° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 458.26 meters/second, 1649.7 km/hour, 1025.1 miles/hour or 890.8 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"	17.09 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.09 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.4"	1025.10 mi	west	0° 00' 53.7"	1.03 mi	south	1025.13 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 36.9"	5.26 mi	west	0° 21' 33.2"	24.69 mi	south	25.24 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 13:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 25'	South
Longitude:	9° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.58 meters/second, 1607.7 km/hour, 999.0 miles/hour or 868.1 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' 27.9"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 14.5"	0.28 mi	south	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 55.3"	998.88 mi	west	0° 14' 30.4"	16.62 mi	south	998.89 mi
24 hours	12° 56' 14.0"	893.35 mi	east	5° 38' 33.3"	387.77 mi	south	970.15 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
Praia	Tue 12:46 PM	736 km	457 miles	397 nm	NNE
Mindelo	Tue 12:46 PM	890 km	553 miles	481 nm	N
Dakar	Tue 1:46 PM	1179 km	733 miles	637 nm	ENE
Banjul	Tue 1:46 PM	1200 km	746 miles	648 nm	ENE
Bissau	Tue 1:46 PM	1247 km	775 miles	673 nm	ENE
Conakry	Tue 1:46 PM	1417 km	880 miles	765 nm	E
Freetown	Tue 1:46 PM	1471 km	914 miles	794 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 1:46 PM	1526 km	948 miles	824 nm	NE
Monrovia	Tue 1:46 PM	1767 km	1098 miles	954 nm	E
Fortaleza	Tue 10:46 AM	1938 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	SW