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, June 16, 2011 at 01:22:00 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, June 16, 2011 at 01:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 20'	North
Longitude:	159° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.08 meters/second, 1533.9 km/hour, 953.1 miles/hour or 828.2 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° 14' 59.9"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.9"	952.75 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	north	952.74 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 12.0"	3.39 mi	east	0° 02' 07.7"	2.44 mi	north	4.18 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 01:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 03'	South
Longitude:	17° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 410.37 meters/second, 1477.3 km/hour, 918.0 miles/hour or 797.7 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' 24.8"	15.30 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.30 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 56.3"	917.70 mi	west	0° 02' 33.9"	2.94 mi	north	917.85 mi
24 hours	13° 42' 38.4"	872.85 mi	east	1° 39' 35.0"	114.21 mi	north	885.48 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
Wake Island	Thu 1:22 PM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	ESE
Palikir	Thu 12:22 PM	1820 km	1131 miles	983 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 11:22 AM	1888 km	1173 miles	1019 nm	WSW
Majuro	Thu 1:22 PM	2193 km	1362 miles	1184 nm	SE
Yokohama	Thu 10:22 AM	2331 km	1448 miles	1258 nm	NW
Tokyo	Thu 10:22 AM	2341 km	1454 miles	1264 nm	NW
Midway	Wed 2:22 PM	2391 km	1486 miles	1291 nm	ENE
Nagoya	Thu 10:22 AM	2537 km	1576 miles	1370 nm	NW
Kyoto	Thu 10:22 AM	2626 km	1632 miles	1418 nm	NW
Osaka	Thu 10:22 AM	2633 km	1636 miles	1422 nm	NW