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 14:00:00 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 14:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 45'	North
Longitude:	31° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.56 meters/second, 1607.6 km/hour, 998.9 miles/hour or 868.0 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"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.8"	998.78 mi	west	0° 00' 43.9"	0.84 mi	north	998.75 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 27.0"	1.61 mi	west	0° 17' 26.6"	19.99 mi	north	20.06 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 3, 2010 at 14:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 35'	South
Longitude:	145° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.13 meters/second, 1490.9 km/hour, 926.4 miles/hour or 805.0 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' 29.8"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 54.0"	926.08 mi	west	0° 06' 03.2"	6.94 mi	north	926.45 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 21.0"	746.75 mi	east	2° 52' 01.1"	197.26 mi	north	779.52 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	Mon 1:00 PM	661 km	410 miles	357 nm	ENE
Praia	Mon 1:00 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	E
Dakar	Mon 2:00 PM	1468 km	912 miles	793 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 2:00 PM	1581 km	982 miles	853 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 2:00 PM	1626 km	1011 miles	878 nm	ENE
Bissau	Mon 2:00 PM	1727 km	1073 miles	932 nm	ESE
Conakry	Mon 2:00 PM	2006 km	1246 miles	1083 nm	ESE
Freetown	Mon 2:00 PM	2098 km	1304 miles	1133 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Mon 3:00 PM	2236 km	1389 miles	1207 nm	NE
Fortaleza	Mon 11:00 AM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	SSW