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 19, 2011 at 08:52:00 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 19, 2011 at 08:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 44'	North
Longitude:	45° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.77 meters/second, 1572.4 km/hour, 977.0 miles/hour or 849.0 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"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.2"	976.77 mi	west	0° 00' 32.2"	0.62 mi	north	976.74 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 44.0"	0.80 mi	east	0° 12' 44.5"	14.61 mi	north	14.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 08:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 17'	South
Longitude:	107° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 409.43 meters/second, 1473.9 km/hour, 915.9 miles/hour or 795.9 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' 24.3"	15.27 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	north	15.27 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 27.3"	915.58 mi	west	0° 01' 32.2"	1.76 mi	north	915.67 mi
24 hours	13° 53' 13.1"	882.52 mi	east	1° 16' 27.5"	87.69 mi	north	890.98 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
Sana	Thu 11:52 AM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	SSW
Riyadh	Thu 11:52 AM	553 km	344 miles	299 nm	N
Makkah	Thu 11:52 AM	656 km	408 miles	354 nm	WNW
Jeddah	Thu 11:52 AM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	WNW
Aden	Thu 11:52 AM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	S
Medina	Thu 11:52 AM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	NW
Doha	Thu 11:52 AM	849 km	528 miles	458 nm	NE
Riffa	Thu 11:52 AM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	NNE
Dammam	Thu 11:52 AM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	NNE
Manama	Thu 11:52 AM	867 km	539 miles	468 nm	NNE