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 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 02:42:00 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 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 02:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 28'	North
Longitude:	138° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.17 meters/second, 1609.8 km/hour, 1000.3 miles/hour or 869.2 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	1000.16 mi	west	0° 00' 44.4"	0.85 mi	north	1000.13 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 35.3"	1.76 mi	west	0° 17' 41.2"	20.27 mi	north	20.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 02:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 46'	North
Longitude:	96° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.23 meters/second, 1613.6 km/hour, 1002.7 miles/hour or 871.3 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' 29.7"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 41.2"	1002.60 mi	west	0° 13' 03.6"	14.96 mi	south	1002.73 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 01.9"	854.28 mi	east	5° 16' 36.5"	362.59 mi	south	927.42 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 12:42 PM	712 km	442 miles	384 nm	ESE
Saipan	Wed 12:42 PM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	E
Melekeok	Wed 11:42 AM	976 km	607 miles	527 nm	SSW
Davao	Wed 10:42 AM	1682 km	1045 miles	908 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Wed 11:42 AM	1871 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	SSW
Quezon	Wed 10:42 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	W
Manila	Wed 10:42 AM	1881 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	W
Jayapura	Wed 11:42 AM	2007 km	1247 miles	1084 nm	S
Taipei	Wed 10:42 AM	2062 km	1281 miles	1113 nm	NW
Osaka	Wed 11:42 AM	2147 km	1334 miles	1160 nm	N