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 09:28:00 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 09:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 33'	North
Longitude:	36° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.99 meters/second, 1609.2 km/hour, 999.9 miles/hour or 868.9 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"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	999.75 mi	west	0° 00' 44.2"	0.85 mi	north	999.72 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 33.0"	1.72 mi	west	0° 17' 36.8"	20.19 mi	north	20.26 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 43'	South
Longitude:	165° 51'	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' 29.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 22.8"	1002.25 mi	west	0° 13' 10.6"	15.09 mi	south	1002.34 mi
24 hours	12° 29' 58.4"	864.59 mi	east	5° 16' 53.5"	362.92 mi	south	936.09 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
Teseney	Wed 12:28 PM	59 km	37 miles	32 nm	SW
Kassala	Wed 12:28 PM	61 km	38 miles	33 nm	W
Keren	Wed 12:28 PM	162 km	100 miles	87 nm	E
Asmara	Wed 12:28 PM	213 km	132 miles	115 nm	E
Mek'ele	Wed 12:28 PM	353 km	220 miles	191 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Wed 12:28 PM	451 km	280 miles	243 nm	N
Khartoum	Wed 12:28 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	W
Jeddah	Wed 12:28 PM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	NNE
Makkah	Wed 12:28 PM	717 km	446 miles	387 nm	NNE
Addis Ababa	Wed 12:28 PM	749 km	465 miles	404 nm	SSE