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, June 14, 2011 at 22:02:00 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, June 14, 2011 at 22:02:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 17'	North
Longitude:	150° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.23 meters/second, 1534.4 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.5 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° 14' 59.9"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.0"	953.10 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	north	953.09 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 10.3"	3.36 mi	east	0° 02' 35.9"	2.98 mi	north	4.49 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 22:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 15'	South
Longitude:	16° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 409.35 meters/second, 1473.7 km/hour, 915.7 miles/hour or 795.7 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' 23.9"	15.26 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	south	15.26 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 00.2"	915.39 mi	west	0° 01' 37.0"	1.85 mi	south	915.29 mi
24 hours	14° 17' 19.7"	908.32 mi	east	0° 04' 07.1"	4.72 mi	north	908.56 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	Tue 12:02 PM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	SW
Wailuku	Tue 12:02 PM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Tue 12:02 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Wed 12:02 PM	2475 km	1538 miles	1336 nm	SSW
Midway	Tue 11:02 AM	2726 km	1694 miles	1472 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Tue 3:02 PM	3133 km	1947 miles	1692 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Tue 3:02 PM	3371 km	2095 miles	1820 nm	ENE
Unalaska *	Tue 2:02 PM	3650 km	2268 miles	1971 nm	NNW
Seattle *	Tue 3:02 PM	3690 km	2293 miles	1993 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Tue 3:02 PM	3696 km	2297 miles	1996 nm	ENE