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 18:14:00 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 18:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 57'	North
Longitude:	94° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.11 meters/second, 1606.0 km/hour, 997.9 miles/hour or 867.2 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' 00.0"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.6"	997.78 mi	west	0° 00' 43.4"	0.83 mi	north	997.75 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 21.8"	1.51 mi	west	0° 17' 15.1"	19.77 mi	north	19.83 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 54'	South
Longitude:	51° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.87 meters/second, 1594.3 km/hour, 990.7 miles/hour or 860.9 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' 27.3"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 12.9"	0.25 mi	south	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 22.1"	990.54 mi	west	0° 12' 50.0"	14.70 mi	south	990.39 mi
24 hours	13° 24' 20.5"	918.57 mi	east	4° 54' 11.8"	337.03 mi	south	972.27 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
Tuxtla Gutierrez *	Thu 1:14 PM	179 km	111 miles	97 nm	ENE
San Cristobal de las Casas *	Thu 1:14 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	ENE
Oaxaca *	Thu 1:14 PM	261 km	162 miles	141 nm	WNW
Veracruz *	Thu 1:14 PM	396 km	246 miles	214 nm	NNW
Escuintla	Thu 12:14 PM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	ESE
Guatemala	Thu 12:14 PM	458 km	285 miles	247 nm	ESE
Acapulco *	Thu 1:14 PM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	W
Santa Ana	Thu 12:14 PM	582 km	361 miles	314 nm	ESE
Mexico City *	Thu 1:14 PM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	NW
San Salvador	Thu 12:14 PM	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	ESE