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 15:00:00 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 15:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 46'	North
Longitude:	46° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.53 meters/second, 1607.5 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' 00.0"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.7"	998.72 mi	west	0° 00' 43.9"	0.84 mi	north	998.69 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 26.6"	1.60 mi	west	0° 17' 25.8"	19.98 mi	north	20.04 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 3, 2010 at 15:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 29'	South
Longitude:	160° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.46 meters/second, 1492.1 km/hour, 927.1 miles/hour or 805.7 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' 29.9"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 58.5"	926.84 mi	west	0° 06' 09.5"	7.06 mi	north	927.21 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 32.1"	745.36 mi	east	2° 54' 14.9"	199.81 mi	north	778.87 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
Cayenne	Mon 12:00 Noon	1380 km	858 miles	745 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Mon 12:00 Noon	1483 km	921 miles	801 nm	SW
Bridgetown	Mon 11:00 AM	1491 km	927 miles	805 nm	W
Castries	Mon 11:00 AM	1617 km	1005 miles	873 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Mon 11:00 AM	1618 km	1006 miles	874 nm	W
Roseau	Mon 11:00 AM	1645 km	1022 miles	888 nm	W
Georgetown	Mon 11:00 AM	1650 km	1025 miles	891 nm	SW
Kingstown	Mon 11:00 AM	1660 km	1032 miles	896 nm	W
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Mon 11:00 AM	1679 km	1043 miles	906 nm	W
Saint John's (Antigua)	Mon 11:00 AM	1693 km	1052 miles	914 nm	W