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 Monday, May 3, 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 Monday, May 3, 2010 at 03:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 37'	North
Longitude:	133° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.85 meters/second, 1608.7 km/hour, 999.6 miles/hour or 868.6 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"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	999.44 mi	west	0° 00' 44.1"	0.84 mi	north	999.41 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 30.9"	1.68 mi	west	0° 17' 33.6"	20.13 mi	north	20.20 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 3, 2010 at 03:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 35'	South
Longitude:	13° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 410.70 meters/second, 1478.5 km/hour, 918.7 miles/hour or 798.3 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' 28.9"	15.31 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	north	15.31 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 04.4"	918.41 mi	west	0° 04' 51.1"	5.57 mi	north	918.71 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 23.7"	762.45 mi	east	2° 26' 01.7"	167.48 mi	north	787.26 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	Mon 12:00 Noon	901 km	560 miles	486 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 1:00 PM	1187 km	738 miles	641 nm	E
Davao	Mon 11:00 AM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	SW
Quezon	Mon 11:00 AM	1390 km	863 miles	750 nm	W
Manila	Mon 11:00 AM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	W
Taipei	Mon 11:00 AM	1666 km	1035 miles	899 nm	NW
Manokwari	Mon 12:00 Noon	1823 km	1133 miles	984 nm	S
Manado	Mon 11:00 AM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	SSW
Kumamoto	Mon 12:00 Noon	1932 km	1200 miles	1043 nm	N
Kobe	Mon 12:00 Noon	2116 km	1315 miles	1142 nm	N