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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 05:54:00 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 Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 05:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 48'	North
Longitude:	90° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.44 meters/second, 1607.2 km/hour, 998.7 miles/hour or 867.8 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"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.6"	998.52 mi	west	0° 00' 43.7"	0.84 mi	north	998.49 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 26.0"	1.59 mi	west	0° 17' 23.4"	19.93 mi	north	19.99 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 05:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 13'	South
Longitude:	130° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.68 meters/second, 1604.4 km/hour, 997.0 miles/hour or 866.3 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' 28.2"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 13.2"	0.25 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 13.3"	996.85 mi	west	0° 13' 09.2"	15.07 mi	south	996.79 mi
24 hours	13° 02' 03.3"	897.92 mi	east	5° 07' 44.2"	352.49 mi	south	960.10 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
Port Blair	Thu 11:24 AM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	SSE
Yangon	Thu 12:24 PM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	E
Bhubaneshwar	Thu 11:24 AM	693 km	431 miles	374 nm	NW
Chittagong	Thu 11:54 AM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	N
Naypyidaw	Thu 12:24 PM	742 km	461 miles	401 nm	NE
Khulna	Thu 11:54 AM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	N
Kolkata	Thu 11:24 AM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	NNW
Visakhapatnam	Thu 11:24 AM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	WNW
Dhaka	Thu 11:54 AM	876 km	544 miles	473 nm	N
Mandalay	Thu 12:24 PM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	NE