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 15:50:00 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 Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 15:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 29'	North
Longitude:	58° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.15 meters/second, 1609.7 km/hour, 1000.2 miles/hour or 869.2 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	1000.11 mi	west	0° 00' 44.4"	0.85 mi	north	1000.08 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 34.8"	1.76 mi	west	0° 17' 41.0"	20.27 mi	north	20.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 15:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 21'	South
Longitude:	175° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 407.90 meters/second, 1468.4 km/hour, 912.4 miles/hour or 792.9 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' 28.2"	15.21 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.21 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 17.1"	912.12 mi	west	0° 03' 31.2"	4.04 mi	north	912.34 mi
24 hours	347° 38' 36.8"	778.91 mi	west	1° 56' 53.2"	134.07 mi	north	796.09 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
Bridgetown	Sun 11:50 AM	288 km	179 miles	155 nm	SSW
Fort-de-France	Sun 11:50 AM	290 km	180 miles	156 nm	WSW
Roseau	Sun 11:50 AM	307 km	191 miles	166 nm	W
Castries	Sun 11:50 AM	310 km	192 miles	167 nm	WSW
Vieux Fort	Sun 11:50 AM	325 km	202 miles	176 nm	SW
Pointe-à-Pitre	Sun 11:50 AM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	WNW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sun 11:50 AM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	W
Kingstown	Sun 11:50 AM	388 km	241 miles	209 nm	SW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Sun 11:50 AM	398 km	248 miles	215 nm	WNW
Brades	Sun 11:50 AM	418 km	259 miles	225 nm	WNW