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 18:44:00 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 18:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 57'	North
Longitude:	102° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.10 meters/second, 1606.0 km/hour, 997.9 miles/hour or 867.1 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"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.63 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.5"	997.75 mi	west	0° 00' 43.3"	0.83 mi	north	997.72 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 21.6"	1.51 mi	west	0° 17' 14.8"	19.77 mi	north	19.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 18:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 00'	South
Longitude:	44° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.74 meters/second, 1593.8 km/hour, 990.4 miles/hour or 860.6 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' 12.7"	0.24 mi	south	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 19.9"	990.24 mi	west	0° 12' 48.8"	14.68 mi	south	990.08 mi
24 hours	13° 25' 16.6"	919.40 mi	east	4° 53' 30.7"	336.25 mi	south	972.71 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
Acapulco *	Thu 1:44 PM	249 km	155 miles	134 nm	ENE
Colima *	Thu 1:44 PM	404 km	251 miles	218 nm	NNW
Mexico City *	Thu 1:44 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	NE
Guadalajara *	Thu 1:44 PM	538 km	335 miles	291 nm	NNW
Leon *	Thu 1:44 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	N
Oaxaca *	Thu 1:44 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	ENE
Puerto Vallarta *	Thu 1:44 PM	614 km	381 miles	331 nm	NNW
Aguascalientes *	Thu 1:44 PM	653 km	406 miles	352 nm	N
Tepic *	Thu 12:44 PM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	NNW
San Luis Potosi *	Thu 1:44 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	N