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 Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 03:50:00 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 Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 03:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 02'	North
Longitude:	121° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.11 meters/second, 1613.2 km/hour, 1002.4 miles/hour or 871.1 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' 04.6"	1002.26 mi	west	0° 00' 45.4"	0.87 mi	north	1002.23 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 47.3"	1.99 mi	west	0° 18' 03.8"	20.70 mi	north	20.80 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 03:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 59'	South
Longitude:	24° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 405.01 meters/second, 1458.0 km/hour, 906.0 miles/hour or 787.3 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' 26.4"	15.10 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.10 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 30.1"	905.63 mi	west	0° 01' 24.0"	1.61 mi	south	905.55 mi
24 hours	13° 13' 26.4"	829.33 mi	east	0° 05' 48.2"	6.66 mi	north	829.69 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
Quezon	Sat 11:50 AM	61 km	38 miles	33 nm	SW
Manila	Sat 11:50 AM	71 km	44 miles	39 nm	SW
Makati	Sat 11:50 AM	74 km	46 miles	40 nm	SW
Angeles	Sat 11:50 AM	100 km	62 miles	54 nm	W
Mabalacat	Sat 11:50 AM	102 km	64 miles	55 nm	WNW
Silang	Sat 11:50 AM	107 km	66 miles	58 nm	SSW
Tarlac City	Sat 11:50 AM	111 km	69 miles	60 nm	WNW
Olongapo	Sat 11:50 AM	134 km	83 miles	72 nm	W
Baguio City	Sat 11:50 AM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	NNW
Iloilo City	Sat 11:50 AM	493 km	306 miles	266 nm	SSE