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 Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 03:00:00 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 Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 03:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 19'	North
Longitude:	133° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.49 meters/second, 1611.0 km/hour, 1001.0 miles/hour or 869.9 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"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.2"	1000.88 mi	west	0° 00' 44.9"	0.86 mi	north	1000.85 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 39.3"	1.84 mi	west	0° 17' 49.1"	20.42 mi	north	20.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 03:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 55'	South
Longitude:	0° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 405.70 meters/second, 1460.5 km/hour, 907.5 miles/hour or 788.6 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' 27.5"	15.13 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	north	15.13 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 29.4"	907.18 mi	west	0° 01' 51.8"	2.14 mi	north	907.30 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 49.9"	797.82 mi	east	1° 20' 04.0"	91.85 mi	north	807.29 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
Melekeok	Sun 12:00 Noon	868 km	539 miles	469 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 1:00 PM	1179 km	733 miles	637 nm	E
Davao	Sun 11:00 AM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	SW
Quezon	Sun 11:00 AM	1392 km	865 miles	751 nm	W
Manila	Sun 11:00 AM	1399 km	869 miles	755 nm	W
Taipei	Sun 11:00 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	912 nm	NW
Manokwari	Sun 12:00 Noon	1790 km	1112 miles	967 nm	S
Manado	Sun 11:00 AM	1830 km	1137 miles	988 nm	SW
Kumamoto	Sun 12:00 Noon	1965 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	N
Jayapura	Sun 12:00 Noon	2109 km	1311 miles	1139 nm	SSE