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 11:34:00 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 11:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 10'	North
Longitude:	5° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.65 meters/second, 1604.3 km/hour, 996.9 miles/hour or 866.3 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"	996.73 mi	west	0° 00' 43.0"	0.82 mi	north	996.70 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 15.8"	1.40 mi	west	0° 17' 03.4"	19.55 mi	north	19.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 30'	South
Longitude:	161° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.49 meters/second, 1575.0 km/hour, 978.6 miles/hour or 850.4 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' 26.1"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 01.9"	978.46 mi	west	0° 11' 56.5"	13.68 mi	south	978.21 mi
24 hours	13° 57' 18.1"	946.01 mi	east	4° 24' 09.9"	302.70 mi	south	985.31 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
Agadez	Fri 12:34 PM	289 km	180 miles	156 nm	ENE
Maradi	Fri 12:34 PM	347 km	215 miles	187 nm	SSE
Niamey	Fri 12:34 PM	460 km	286 miles	249 nm	SW
Zinder	Fri 12:34 PM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	SE
Kano	Fri 12:34 PM	569 km	354 miles	307 nm	SE
Kaduna	Fri 12:34 PM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	SSE
Abuja	Fri 12:34 PM	796 km	495 miles	430 nm	SSE
Parakou	Fri 12:34 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	SSW
Ouagadougou	Fri 11:34 AM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	WSW
Kara	Fri 11:34 AM	863 km	536 miles	466 nm	SSW