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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 07:24:00 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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 07:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 07'	North
Longitude:	67° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.76 meters/second, 1604.7 km/hour, 997.1 miles/hour or 866.5 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"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.4"	996.98 mi	west	0° 00' 43.1"	0.82 mi	north	996.95 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 17.3"	1.43 mi	west	0° 17' 06.3"	19.60 mi	north	19.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 07:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 39'	South
Longitude:	138° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.91 meters/second, 1580.1 km/hour, 981.8 miles/hour or 853.2 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' 26.3"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 21.7"	981.65 mi	west	0° 12' 12.3"	13.98 mi	south	981.42 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 21.4"	939.73 mi	east	4° 32' 34.4"	312.31 mi	south	982.66 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
Mumbai	Fri 12:54 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	ENE
Vasai-Virar	Fri 12:54 PM	636 km	395 miles	343 nm	NE
Pune	Fri 12:54 PM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	ENE
Surat	Fri 12:54 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	NE
Mangalore	Fri 12:54 PM	827 km	514 miles	447 nm	ESE
Vadodara	Fri 12:54 PM	886 km	550 miles	478 nm	NE
Ahmedabad	Fri 12:54 PM	916 km	569 miles	494 nm	NNE
Karachi	Fri 12:24 PM	972 km	604 miles	525 nm	N
Anantapur	Fri 12:54 PM	1050 km	653 miles	567 nm	E
Bangalore	Fri 12:54 PM	1096 km	681 miles	592 nm	ESE