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 21:10:00 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 21:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 33'	North
Longitude:	138° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.01 meters/second, 1609.2 km/hour, 999.9 miles/hour or 868.9 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	999.79 mi	west	0° 00' 44.3"	0.85 mi	north	999.76 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 33.0"	1.72 mi	west	0° 17' 37.5"	20.20 mi	north	20.27 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 21:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 01'	South
Longitude:	97° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 409.15 meters/second, 1472.9 km/hour, 915.2 miles/hour or 795.3 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' 28.6"	15.25 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	north	15.26 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 39.3"	914.92 mi	west	0° 04' 10.2"	4.79 mi	north	915.18 mi
24 hours	12° 11' 55.9"	771.01 mi	east	2° 11' 09.0"	150.42 mi	north	791.76 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
Honolulu	Sun 11:10 AM	2136 km	1328 miles	1154 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 11:10 AM	2558 km	1590 miles	1381 nm	SW
Los Angeles *	Sun 2:10 PM	2888 km	1795 miles	1559 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Sun 2:10 PM	2928 km	1819 miles	1581 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Sun 2:10 PM	3199 km	1988 miles	1727 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Sun 2:10 PM	3253 km	2021 miles	1756 nm	NE
Phoenix	Sun 2:10 PM	3318 km	2062 miles	1792 nm	NE
Salt Lake City *	Sun 3:10 PM	3800 km	2361 miles	2052 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 11:10 AM	3854 km	2394 miles	2081 nm	SSW
Seattle *	Sun 2:10 PM	3857 km	2397 miles	2083 nm	NNE