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 15:10:00 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 15:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 10'	North
Longitude:	48° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.81 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' 00.0"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.5"	1001.59 mi	west	0° 00' 45.2"	0.86 mi	north	1001.56 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 43.4"	1.92 mi	west	0° 17' 56.7"	20.56 mi	north	20.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 15:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	25° 07'	South
Longitude:	171° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 404.79 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' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.09 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 54.2"	905.14 mi	west	0° 00' 13.7"	0.26 mi	north	905.15 mi
24 hours	346° 59' 54.8"	814.57 mi	west	0° 43' 14.4"	49.61 mi	north	818.44 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 12:10 PM	1207 km	750 miles	652 nm	SSW
Bridgetown	Sat 11:10 AM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	W
Paramaribo	Sat 12:10 PM	1265 km	786 miles	683 nm	SW
Castries	Sat 11:10 AM	1351 km	839 miles	729 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Sat 11:10 AM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	W
Roseau	Sat 11:10 AM	1384 km	860 miles	747 nm	W
Kingstown	Sat 11:10 AM	1391 km	865 miles	751 nm	W
Georgetown	Sat 11:10 AM	1403 km	872 miles	757 nm	SW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sat 11:10 AM	1422 km	883 miles	768 nm	W
Saint John's (Antigua)	Sat 11:10 AM	1443 km	897 miles	779 nm	W