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 13:46:00 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 Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 13:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 28'	North
Longitude:	27° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.94 meters/second, 1601.8 km/hour, 995.3 miles/hour or 864.9 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' 00.0"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.8"	995.15 mi	west	0° 00' 42.1"	0.81 mi	north	995.12 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 06.7"	1.23 mi	west	0° 16' 45.4"	19.21 mi	north	19.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 13:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 15'	South
Longitude:	143° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.62 meters/second, 1539.4 km/hour, 956.6 miles/hour or 831.2 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' 23.9"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 58.2"	956.32 mi	west	0° 09' 33.9"	10.96 mi	south	955.99 mi
24 hours	14° 42' 49.1"	977.17 mi	east	3° 14' 44.4"	223.23 mi	south	993.94 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
Mindelo	Sat 12:46 PM	284 km	176 miles	153 nm	E
Praia	Sat 12:46 PM	471 km	293 miles	254 nm	ESE
Santa Maria	Sat 12:46 PM	502 km	312 miles	271 nm	E
Dakar	Sat 1:46 PM	1110 km	689 miles	599 nm	E
Banjul	Sat 1:46 PM	1233 km	766 miles	666 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sat 1:46 PM	1249 km	776 miles	675 nm	E
Bissau	Sat 1:46 PM	1395 km	867 miles	753 nm	ESE
Conakry	Sat 1:46 PM	1692 km	1051 miles	914 nm	ESE
Freetown	Sat 1:46 PM	1794 km	1114 miles	968 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Sat 2:46 PM	1899 km	1180 miles	1026 nm	NE