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 14:50:00 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 14:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 10'	North
Longitude:	43° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.82 meters/second, 1612.1 km/hour, 1001.7 miles/hour or 870.5 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"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.5"	1001.61 mi	west	0° 00' 45.1"	0.86 mi	north	1001.58 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 43.5"	1.92 mi	west	0° 17' 56.9"	20.57 mi	north	20.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 14:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	25° 07'	South
Longitude:	176° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 404.78 meters/second, 1457.2 km/hour, 905.5 miles/hour or 786.8 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' 26.8"	15.09 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.09 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 53.3"	905.12 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	905.13 mi
24 hours	346° 59' 28.4"	815.02 mi	west	0° 42' 10.1"	48.38 mi	north	818.77 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
Cayenne	Sat 11:50 AM	1488 km	925 miles	804 nm	SW
Paramaribo	Sat 11:50 AM	1642 km	1020 miles	886 nm	SW
Bridgetown	Sat 10:50 AM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	W
Georgetown	Sat 10:50 AM	1848 km	1148 miles	998 nm	WSW
Castries	Sat 10:50 AM	1887 km	1173 miles	1019 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Sat 10:50 AM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	W
Belém	Sat 11:50 AM	1918 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	SSW
Roseau	Sat 10:50 AM	1921 km	1193 miles	1037 nm	W
Kingstown	Sat 10:50 AM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	W
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sat 10:50 AM	1957 km	1216 miles	1057 nm	W