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 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 20:00:00 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 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 20:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 07'	North
Longitude:	121° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.75 meters/second, 1604.7 km/hour, 997.1 miles/hour or 866.5 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"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.3"	996.97 mi	west	0° 00' 43.0"	0.82 mi	north	996.94 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 16.2"	1.41 mi	west	0° 17' 06.6"	19.61 mi	north	19.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 20:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 52'	South
Longitude:	138° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.47 meters/second, 1531.7 km/hour, 951.7 miles/hour or 827.0 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' 32.0"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 08.6"	951.52 mi	west	0° 08' 45.5"	10.04 mi	north	951.99 mi
24 hours	10° 50' 24.7"	709.70 mi	east	3° 49' 32.7"	263.10 mi	north	763.94 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
Mazatlan *	Tue 2:00 PM	1726 km	1072 miles	932 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Tue 1:00 PM	1770 km	1100 miles	956 nm	NE
Tijuana *	Tue 1:00 PM	1865 km	1159 miles	1007 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Tue 1:00 PM	1882 km	1169 miles	1016 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Tue 1:00 PM	1917 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Tue 3:00 PM	1939 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	ENE
Los Angeles *	Tue 1:00 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	N
Aguascalientes *	Tue 3:00 PM	2076 km	1290 miles	1121 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Tue 1:00 PM	2123 km	1319 miles	1146 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Tue 3:00 PM	2259 km	1404 miles	1220 nm	E