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, May 1, 2012 at 01:58:00 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, May 1, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 10'	North
Longitude:	149° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.83 meters/second, 1612.2 km/hour, 1001.8 miles/hour or 870.5 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' 00.1"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.5"	1001.64 mi	west	0° 00' 45.1"	0.86 mi	north	1001.61 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 43.5"	1.92 mi	west	0° 17' 57.0"	20.57 mi	north	20.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 59'	North
Longitude:	97° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.24 meters/second, 1606.5 km/hour, 998.2 miles/hour or 867.4 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' 30.4"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 28.6"	998.14 mi	west	0° 12' 11.6"	13.97 mi	south	998.42 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 16.8"	821.34 mi	east	5° 03' 38.5"	347.75 mi	south	894.43 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
Saipan	Tue 11:58 AM	403 km	250 miles	218 nm	W
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 11:58 AM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	WSW
Palikir	Tue 12:58 PM	1314 km	816 miles	709 nm	SE
Melekeok	Tue 10:58 AM	1830 km	1137 miles	988 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Tue 1:58 PM	1879 km	1167 miles	1015 nm	ENE
Jayapura	Tue 10:58 AM	2184 km	1357 miles	1179 nm	SSW
Yokohama	Tue 10:58 AM	2453 km	1524 miles	1325 nm	NNW
Manokwari	Tue 10:58 AM	2456 km	1526 miles	1326 nm	SW
Tokyo	Tue 10:58 AM	2476 km	1538 miles	1337 nm	NNW
Majuro	Tue 1:58 PM	2528 km	1571 miles	1365 nm	ESE