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 13:36:00 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 13:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 36'	North
Longitude:	25° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.88 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.6 miles/hour or 868.7 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"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.0"	999.50 mi	west	0° 00' 44.1"	0.84 mi	north	999.47 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 31.5"	1.70 mi	west	0° 17' 34.0"	20.13 mi	north	20.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 13:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 38'	South
Longitude:	105° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.83 meters/second, 1612.2 km/hour, 1001.8 miles/hour or 870.5 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' 29.1"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 10.5"	1001.69 mi	west	0° 13' 13.1"	15.14 mi	south	1001.75 mi
24 hours	12° 35' 52.2"	871.11 mi	east	5° 16' 17.5"	362.24 mi	south	941.24 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
Mindelo	Wed 12:36 PM	142 km	88 miles	77 nm	N
Praia	Wed 12:36 PM	181 km	112 miles	97 nm	ESE
Santa Maria	Wed 12:36 PM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	ENE
Dakar	Wed 1:36 PM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	E
Thiès	Wed 1:36 PM	876 km	544 miles	473 nm	E
Serekunda	Wed 1:36 PM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	ESE
Banjul	Wed 1:36 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	ESE
Touba	Wed 1:36 PM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	E
Rosso	Wed 1:36 PM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	E
Nouakchott	Wed 1:36 PM	1004 km	624 miles	542 nm	ENE