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 04:38:00 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 04:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 30'	North
Longitude:	109° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.12 meters/second, 1609.6 km/hour, 1000.2 miles/hour or 869.1 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"	1000.04 mi	west	0° 00' 44.4"	0.85 mi	north	1000.01 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 34.6"	1.75 mi	west	0° 17' 40.0"	20.25 mi	north	20.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 04:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 20'	North
Longitude:	124° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.22 meters/second, 1613.6 km/hour, 1002.6 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' 29.5"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 36.2"	1002.57 mi	west	0° 13' 05.9"	15.00 mi	south	1002.69 mi
24 hours	12° 23' 29.6"	857.18 mi	east	5° 16' 50.8"	362.86 mi	south	929.92 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
Pakse	Wed 11:38 AM	396 km	246 miles	214 nm	W
Haikou	Wed 12:38 PM	512 km	318 miles	276 nm	N
Savannakhet	Wed 11:38 AM	519 km	322 miles	280 nm	WNW
Ho Chi Minh	Wed 11:38 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SSW
Phnom Penh	Wed 11:38 AM	656 km	407 miles	354 nm	SW
Hai Phong	Wed 11:38 AM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	NNW
Khon Kaen	Wed 11:38 AM	718 km	446 miles	388 nm	W
Hanoi	Wed 11:38 AM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	NNW
Battambang	Wed 11:38 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	WSW
Vientiane	Wed 11:38 AM	781 km	485 miles	422 nm	WNW