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 19:22:00 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 19:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	North
Longitude:	111° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.51 meters/second, 1571.4 km/hour, 976.4 miles/hour or 848.5 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' 00.0"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.1"	976.19 mi	west	0° 00' 31.9"	0.61 mi	north	976.16 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 47.6"	0.86 mi	east	0° 12' 35.7"	14.44 mi	north	14.47 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 19:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 54'	South
Longitude:	101° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 410.96 meters/second, 1479.4 km/hour, 919.3 miles/hour or 798.8 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' 25.1"	15.32 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.32 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 10.5"	919.01 mi	west	0° 03' 04.2"	3.52 mi	north	919.19 mi
24 hours	13° 32' 34.3"	863.18 mi	east	1° 50' 11.3"	126.37 mi	north	877.98 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
Mazatlan *	Thu 1:22 PM	660 km	410 miles	356 nm	NE
Puerto Vallarta *	Thu 2:22 PM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	E
Guadalajara *	Thu 2:22 PM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	E
Aguascalientes *	Thu 2:22 PM	999 km	621 miles	539 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Thu 12:22 PM	1027 km	638 miles	554 nm	N
Leon *	Thu 2:22 PM	1049 km	652 miles	566 nm	E
Chihuahua *	Thu 1:22 PM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	NNE
San Luis Potosi *	Thu 2:22 PM	1140 km	708 miles	615 nm	ENE
Acapulco *	Thu 2:22 PM	1281 km	796 miles	692 nm	ESE
Mexico City *	Thu 2:22 PM	1314 km	816 miles	709 nm	E