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 07:46:00 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 Friday, May 4, 2012 at 07:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 07'	North
Longitude:	62° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.75 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' 00.1"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.3"	996.96 mi	west	0° 00' 43.0"	0.82 mi	north	996.93 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 17.1"	1.43 mi	west	0° 17' 05.9"	19.60 mi	north	19.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 07:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 44'	South
Longitude:	143° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.79 meters/second, 1579.6 km/hour, 981.5 miles/hour or 852.9 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' 26.3"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 19.9"	981.38 mi	west	0° 12' 10.9"	13.96 mi	south	981.14 mi
24 hours	13° 50' 03.4"	940.29 mi	east	4° 31' 51.8"	311.50 mi	south	982.91 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
Salalah	Fri 11:46 AM	894 km	555 miles	483 nm	W
Nizwa	Fri 11:46 AM	912 km	567 miles	493 nm	NNW
Muscat	Fri 11:46 AM	923 km	573 miles	498 nm	NNW
Seeb	Fri 11:46 AM	948 km	589 miles	512 nm	NNW
Karachi	Fri 12:46 PM	1080 km	671 miles	583 nm	NNE
Mumbai	Fri 1:16 PM	1149 km	714 miles	620 nm	ENE
Surat	Fri 1:16 PM	1239 km	770 miles	669 nm	ENE
Pune	Fri 1:16 PM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	ENE
Abu Dhabi	Fri 11:46 AM	1246 km	775 miles	673 nm	NW
Dubai	Fri 11:46 AM	1255 km	780 miles	678 nm	NW