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 14:10:00 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 Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 14:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 27'	North
Longitude:	33° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.19 meters/second, 1609.9 km/hour, 1000.3 miles/hour or 869.3 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.1"	1000.21 mi	west	0° 00' 44.5"	0.85 mi	north	1000.18 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 35.3"	1.77 mi	west	0° 17' 41.10"	20.29 mi	north	20.36 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 14:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 27'	South
Longitude:	160° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 407.55 meters/second, 1467.2 km/hour, 911.7 miles/hour or 792.2 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' 28.0"	15.20 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.20 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 10.5"	911.33 mi	west	0° 03' 18.9"	3.80 mi	north	911.54 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 17.3"	781.38 mi	east	1° 52' 18.0"	128.81 mi	north	797.48 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
Mindelo	Sun 1:10 PM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	E
Praia	Sun 1:10 PM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	E
Dakar	Sun 2:10 PM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	E
Banjul	Sun 2:10 PM	1841 km	1144 miles	994 nm	E
Nouakchott	Sun 2:10 PM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sun 2:10 PM	1981 km	1231 miles	1070 nm	E
Fortaleza	Sun 11:10 AM	2196 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	SSW
Conakry	Sun 2:10 PM	2251 km	1399 miles	1215 nm	ESE
Freetown	Sun 2:10 PM	2339 km	1453 miles	1263 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sun 11:10 AM	2363 km	1468 miles	1276 nm	WSW