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 07:58:00 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 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 24'	North
Longitude:	59° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.10 meters/second, 1602.4 km/hour, 995.7 miles/hour or 865.2 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' 02.9"	995.50 mi	west	0° 00' 42.3"	0.81 mi	north	995.47 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 08.7"	1.27 mi	west	0° 16' 49.4"	19.28 mi	north	19.33 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 18'	South
Longitude:	133° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.86 meters/second, 1547.5 km/hour, 961.6 miles/hour or 835.6 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' 24.3"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 24.4"	961.34 mi	west	0° 10' 11.8"	11.68 mi	south	961.02 mi
24 hours	14° 33' 51.0"	971.84 mi	east	3° 32' 25.7"	243.49 mi	south	993.28 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	Sat 11:58 AM	569 km	354 miles	307 nm	W
Nizwa	Sat 11:58 AM	749 km	465 miles	404 nm	NNW
Muscat	Sat 11:58 AM	802 km	499 miles	433 nm	N
Seeb	Sat 11:58 AM	816 km	507 miles	441 nm	N
Abu Dhabi	Sat 11:58 AM	1033 km	642 miles	558 nm	NNW
Dubai	Sat 11:58 AM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	NNW
Karachi	Sat 12:58 PM	1228 km	763 miles	663 nm	NE
Doha	Sat 10:58 AM	1279 km	794 miles	690 nm	NW
Manama	Sat 10:58 AM	1416 km	880 miles	765 nm	NW
Mumbai	Sat 1:28 PM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	ENE