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, April 30, 2010 at 21:20:00 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, April 30, 2010 at 21:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 57'	North
Longitude:	140° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.28 meters/second, 1613.8 km/hour, 1002.8 miles/hour or 871.4 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"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.71 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.7"	1002.65 mi	west	0° 00' 45.5"	0.87 mi	north	1002.62 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 49.6"	2.04 mi	west	0° 18' 07.7"	20.78 mi	north	20.88 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 30, 2010 at 21:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 46'	South
Longitude:	69° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 405.63 meters/second, 1460.3 km/hour, 907.4 miles/hour or 788.5 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' 26.3"	15.12 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	south	15.12 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 21.0"	907.02 mi	west	0° 02' 21.3"	2.70 mi	south	906.88 mi
24 hours	13° 19' 25.9"	837.02 mi	east	0° 16' 25.0"	18.83 mi	south	836.31 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
Honolulu	Fri 11:20 AM	1918 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 11:20 AM	2307 km	1433 miles	1246 nm	SW
Los Angeles *	Fri 2:20 PM	3113 km	1934 miles	1681 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Fri 2:20 PM	3120 km	1939 miles	1685 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:20 PM	3456 km	2148 miles	1866 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Fri 2:20 PM	3477 km	2161 miles	1878 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 2:20 PM	3560 km	2212 miles	1922 nm	NE
Papeete	Fri 11:20 AM	3714 km	2308 miles	2005 nm	SSW
Seattle *	Fri 2:20 PM	4010 km	2492 miles	2165 nm	NNE
Salt Lake City *	Fri 3:20 PM	4014 km	2494 miles	2167 nm	NE