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 14:18:00 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 14:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 19'	North
Longitude:	35° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.50 meters/second, 1611.0 km/hour, 1001.0 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"	1000.90 mi	west	0° 00' 44.9"	0.86 mi	north	1000.87 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 39.3"	1.84 mi	west	0° 17' 49.1"	20.42 mi	north	20.51 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 14:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 25'	North
Longitude:	83° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.71 meters/second, 1611.7 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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' 08.8"	1001.43 mi	west	0° 12' 42.3"	14.55 mi	south	1001.64 mi
24 hours	12° 07' 03.1"	836.75 mi	east	5° 12' 17.9"	357.65 mi	south	911.01 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
Praia	Tue 1:18 PM	1290 km	802 miles	697 nm	E
Dakar	Tue 2:18 PM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	E
Banjul	Tue 2:18 PM	2052 km	1275 miles	1108 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 2:18 PM	2105 km	1308 miles	1137 nm	E
Fortaleza	Tue 11:18 AM	2135 km	1327 miles	1153 nm	S
Cayenne	Tue 11:18 AM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	WSW
Bissau	Tue 2:18 PM	2190 km	1361 miles	1182 nm	E
Belém	Tue 11:18 AM	2340 km	1454 miles	1264 nm	SW
Paramaribo	Tue 11:18 AM	2391 km	1485 miles	1291 nm	WSW
Conakry	Tue 2:18 PM	2454 km	1525 miles	1325 nm	ESE