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 13:58:00 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 13:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 19'	North
Longitude:	30° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.51 meters/second, 1611.0 km/hour, 1001.1 miles/hour or 869.9 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' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.2"	1000.92 mi	west	0° 00' 44.9"	0.86 mi	north	1000.89 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 39.5"	1.84 mi	west	0° 17' 49.4"	20.43 mi	north	20.51 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 30'	North
Longitude:	88° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.68 meters/second, 1611.6 km/hour, 1001.4 miles/hour or 870.2 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 09.5"	1001.37 mi	west	0° 12' 41.7"	14.54 mi	south	1001.58 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 43.2"	836.30 mi	east	5° 12' 07.1"	357.44 mi	south	910.56 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
Mindelo	Tue 12:58 PM	616 km	383 miles	333 nm	ENE
Praia	Tue 12:58 PM	753 km	468 miles	407 nm	E
Dakar	Tue 1:58 PM	1409 km	875 miles	761 nm	E
Banjul	Tue 1:58 PM	1517 km	943 miles	819 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 1:58 PM	1580 km	982 miles	853 nm	ENE
Bissau	Tue 1:58 PM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	ESE
Conakry	Tue 1:58 PM	1935 km	1203 miles	1045 nm	ESE
Freetown	Tue 1:58 PM	2027 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Tue 2:58 PM	2220 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	NE
Fortaleza	Tue 10:58 AM	2288 km	1422 miles	1235 nm	SSW