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 21:20:00 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 21:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 33'	North
Longitude:	141° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.00 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' 00.0"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	999.78 mi	west	0° 00' 44.3"	0.85 mi	north	999.75 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 32.9"	1.72 mi	west	0° 17' 37.3"	20.20 mi	north	20.27 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 21:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 00'	South
Longitude:	95° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 409.19 meters/second, 1473.1 km/hour, 915.3 miles/hour or 795.4 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"	15.26 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	north	15.26 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 40.0"	915.01 mi	west	0° 04' 11.5"	4.81 mi	north	915.27 mi
24 hours	12° 11' 38.1"	770.77 mi	east	2° 11' 35.1"	150.92 mi	north	791.63 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 11:20 AM	1886 km	1172 miles	1019 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Mon 11:20 AM	2343 km	1456 miles	1265 nm	SW
San Francisco *	Sun 2:20 PM	3068 km	1906 miles	1656 nm	NNE
Los Angeles *	Sun 2:20 PM	3069 km	1907 miles	1657 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sun 2:20 PM	3427 km	2129 miles	1850 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Sun 2:20 PM	3433 km	2133 miles	1854 nm	NE
Phoenix	Sun 2:20 PM	3522 km	2188 miles	1902 nm	NE
Papeete	Sun 11:20 AM	3777 km	2347 miles	2039 nm	SSW
Seattle *	Sun 2:20 PM	3951 km	2455 miles	2133 nm	NNE
Salt Lake City *	Sun 3:20 PM	3966 km	2465 miles	2142 nm	NE