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 09:08:00 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 09:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 08'	North
Longitude:	41° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.71 meters/second, 1604.6 km/hour, 997.0 miles/hour or 866.4 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"	996.88 mi	west	0° 00' 43.0"	0.82 mi	north	996.85 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 16.7"	1.42 mi	west	0° 17' 05.1"	19.58 mi	north	19.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 09:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 00'	South
Longitude:	163° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.33 meters/second, 1578.0 km/hour, 980.5 miles/hour or 852.0 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' 26.3"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 13.5"	980.34 mi	west	0° 12' 05.8"	13.86 mi	south	980.10 mi
24 hours	13° 52' 40.1"	942.37 mi	east	4° 29' 10.1"	308.42 mi	south	983.80 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
Sana	Fri 12:08 PM	262 km	163 miles	141 nm	ESE
Asmara	Fri 12:08 PM	331 km	206 miles	179 nm	WSW
Keren	Fri 12:08 PM	373 km	232 miles	201 nm	W
Mek'ele	Fri 12:08 PM	393 km	244 miles	212 nm	SW
Tadjoura	Fri 12:08 PM	492 km	306 miles	266 nm	SSE
Aden	Fri 12:08 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	SE
Djibouti	Fri 12:08 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	SSE
Ali Sabieh	Fri 12:08 PM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	S
Teseney	Fri 12:08 PM	575 km	357 miles	311 nm	W
Kassala	Fri 12:08 PM	595 km	370 miles	321 nm	W