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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 00:34:00 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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 00:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 19'	North
Longitude:	170° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.30 meters/second, 1603.1 km/hour, 996.1 miles/hour or 865.6 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"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.60 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.1"	995.95 mi	west	0° 00' 42.5"	0.81 mi	north	995.92 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 11.4"	1.32 mi	west	0° 16' 54.5"	19.38 mi	north	19.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 00:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 59'	South
Longitude:	26° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.71 meters/second, 1557.8 km/hour, 967.9 miles/hour or 841.1 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' 25.0"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 59.2"	967.74 mi	west	0° 10' 55.0"	12.51 mi	south	967.43 mi
24 hours	14° 21' 17.5"	963.60 mi	east	3° 53' 09.6"	267.22 mi	south	991.39 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
Wake Island	Sat 12:34 PM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	NW
Majuro	Sat 12:34 PM	1018 km	632 miles	549 nm	S
Tarawa	Sat 12:34 PM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	S
Palikir	Sat 11:34 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	913 nm	SW
Midway	Fri 1:34 PM	1821 km	1131 miles	983 nm	NE
Yaren	Sat 12:34 PM	1902 km	1182 miles	1027 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Fri 12:34 PM	2292 km	1424 miles	1238 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 10:34 AM	2776 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 12:34 PM	2913 km	1810 miles	1573 nm	SSE
Honiara	Sat 11:34 AM	3071 km	1908 miles	1658 nm	SSW