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 06:46:00 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 06:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 49'	North
Longitude:	77° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.42 meters/second, 1607.1 km/hour, 998.6 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"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.64 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.6"	998.47 mi	west	0° 00' 43.7"	0.84 mi	north	998.44 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 25.8"	1.59 mi	west	0° 17' 22.8"	19.92 mi	north	19.98 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 06:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 25'	South
Longitude:	142° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.51 meters/second, 1603.8 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 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' 28.1"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 09.9"	996.48 mi	west	0° 13' 08.3"	15.05 mi	south	996.41 mi
24 hours	13° 03' 33.7"	899.37 mi	east	5° 06' 59.5"	351.64 mi	south	961.02 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
Anantapur	Thu 12:16 PM	126 km	78 miles	68 nm	S
Srisailam	Thu 12:16 PM	156 km	97 miles	84 nm	E
Hyderãbãd	Thu 12:16 PM	202 km	126 miles	109 nm	NNE
Bijapur	Thu 12:16 PM	215 km	134 miles	116 nm	WNW
Davangere	Thu 12:16 PM	221 km	137 miles	119 nm	SW
Hubli	Thu 12:16 PM	252 km	157 miles	136 nm	WSW
Bangalore	Thu 12:16 PM	315 km	196 miles	170 nm	S
Mangalore	Thu 12:16 PM	431 km	268 miles	232 nm	SW
Chennai	Thu 12:16 PM	432 km	268 miles	233 nm	SE
Ahmednagar	Thu 12:16 PM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	NW