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 22:00:00 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 22:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 51'	North
Longitude:	151° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.34 meters/second, 1606.8 km/hour, 998.4 miles/hour or 867.6 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"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.64 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.6"	998.30 mi	west	0° 00' 43.6"	0.83 mi	north	998.27 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 24.0"	1.56 mi	west	0° 17' 21.3"	19.89 mi	north	19.95 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 3, 2010 at 22:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 44'	South
Longitude:	98° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.93 meters/second, 1501.0 km/hour, 932.6 miles/hour or 810.4 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' 30.4"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 30.7"	932.38 mi	west	0° 06' 51.4"	7.86 mi	north	932.78 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 58.4"	735.90 mi	east	3° 09' 14.0"	216.97 mi	north	774.55 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
Hilo	Mon 12:00 Noon	603 km	375 miles	325 nm	NW
Honolulu	Mon 12:00 Noon	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Tue 12:00 Noon	1692 km	1052 miles	914 nm	SSW
Midway	Mon 11:00 AM	3032 km	1884 miles	1637 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Mon 10:00 AM	3285 km	2041 miles	1774 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Mon 11:00 AM	3566 km	2216 miles	1926 nm	SW
Papeete	Mon 12:00 Noon	3696 km	2296 miles	1996 nm	S
San Francisco *	Mon 3:00 PM	3714 km	2308 miles	2005 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Mon 3:00 PM	3852 km	2393 miles	2080 nm	NE
Apia	Mon 11:00 AM	3996 km	2483 miles	2158 nm	SW