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 Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 16:14:00 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 Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 16:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 38'	North
Longitude:	64° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.56 meters/second, 1600.4 km/hour, 994.5 miles/hour or 864.2 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"	16.58 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.58 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.6"	994.29 mi	west	0° 00' 41.7"	0.80 mi	north	994.26 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 00.1"	1.11 mi	west	0° 16' 36.3"	19.03 mi	north	19.07 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 16:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 23'	South
Longitude:	145° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.96 meters/second, 1591.0 km/hour, 988.6 miles/hour or 859.1 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' 34.6"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 35.9"	988.53 mi	west	0° 11' 22.1"	13.02 mi	north	988.95 mi
24 hours	10° 01' 10.3"	679.53 mi	east	4° 43' 14.9"	324.46 mi	north	757.38 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
Christiansted	Thu 12:14 PM	123 km	77 miles	67 nm	N
Cruz Bay	Thu 12:14 PM	189 km	117 miles	102 nm	N
Charlotte Amalie	Thu 12:14 PM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	N
Road Town	Thu 12:14 PM	198 km	123 miles	107 nm	N
Basseterre (St. Kitts)	Thu 12:14 PM	216 km	134 miles	117 nm	ENE
Charlestown	Thu 12:14 PM	220 km	137 miles	119 nm	ENE
Marigot	Thu 12:14 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	NE
Philipsburg	Thu 12:14 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	NE
Caguas	Thu 12:14 PM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	NW
Gustavia	Thu 12:14 PM	235 km	146 miles	127 nm	NE