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 08:08:00 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 08:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 14'	North
Longitude:	56° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.66 meters/second, 1611.6 km/hour, 1001.4 miles/hour or 870.2 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° 15' 00.1"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.3"	1001.27 mi	west	0° 00' 45.0"	0.86 mi	north	1001.24 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 41.3"	1.88 mi	west	0° 17' 53.2"	20.50 mi	north	20.58 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 43'	North
Longitude:	173° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.08 meters/second, 1609.5 km/hour, 1000.1 miles/hour or 869.1 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' 30.2"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.6"	1000.03 mi	west	0° 12' 28.0"	14.28 mi	south	1000.28 mi
24 hours	347° 58' 43.2"	828.78 mi	west	5° 08' 28.6"	353.28 mi	south	902.72 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
Salalah	Tue 12:08 PM	367 km	228 miles	198 nm	WNW
Nizwa	Tue 12:08 PM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	N
Muscat	Tue 12:08 PM	940 km	584 miles	508 nm	N
Seeb	Tue 12:08 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	N
Bosaso	Tue 11:08 AM	953 km	592 miles	514 nm	WSW
Abu Dhabi	Tue 12:08 PM	1056 km	656 miles	570 nm	NNW
Dubai	Tue 12:08 PM	1124 km	699 miles	607 nm	N
Doha	Tue 11:08 AM	1250 km	776 miles	675 nm	NNW
Aden	Tue 11:08 AM	1322 km	822 miles	714 nm	W
Sana	Tue 11:08 AM	1370 km	851 miles	740 nm	W