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 20:02:00 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 20:02:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 23'	North
Longitude:	121° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.35 meters/second, 1610.5 km/hour, 1000.7 miles/hour or 869.6 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"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.1"	1000.56 mi	west	0° 00' 44.6"	0.85 mi	north	1000.53 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 37.5"	1.81 mi	west	0° 17' 45.5"	20.35 mi	north	20.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 20:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 12'	North
Longitude:	0° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.08 meters/second, 1613.1 km/hour, 1002.3 miles/hour or 871.0 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' 29.9"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 12.8"	0.25 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 57.2"	1002.25 mi	west	0° 12' 53.4"	14.76 mi	south	1002.43 mi
24 hours	12° 13' 07.4"	844.62 mi	east	5° 14' 52.4"	360.60 mi	south	918.65 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
Mazatlan *	Tue 2:02 PM	1807 km	1123 miles	976 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Tue 1:02 PM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	NNE
Tijuana *	Tue 1:02 PM	1953 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	NNE
San Diego *	Tue 1:02 PM	1970 km	1224 miles	1064 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Tue 1:02 PM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	NNE
Guadalajara *	Tue 3:02 PM	2009 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	ENE
Los Angeles *	Tue 1:02 PM	2093 km	1301 miles	1130 nm	N
Aguascalientes *	Tue 3:02 PM	2149 km	1335 miles	1160 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Tue 1:02 PM	2216 km	1377 miles	1196 nm	NNE
Acapulco *	Tue 3:02 PM	2314 km	1438 miles	1249 nm	E