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 15:04:00 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 15:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 29'	North
Longitude:	47° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.91 meters/second, 1601.7 km/hour, 995.2 miles/hour or 864.8 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"	995.07 mi	west	0° 00' 42.1"	0.81 mi	north	995.04 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 06.3"	1.22 mi	west	0° 16' 44.6"	19.19 mi	north	19.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 15:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 28'	South
Longitude:	124° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.12 meters/second, 1537.6 km/hour, 955.4 miles/hour or 830.3 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' 23.8"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 52.6"	955.20 mi	west	0° 09' 24.9"	10.79 mi	south	954.88 mi
24 hours	14° 44' 42.2"	978.22 mi	east	3° 10' 36.8"	218.50 mi	south	993.99 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
Bridgetown	Sat 11:04 AM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	WSW
Cayenne	Sat 12:04 PM	1399 km	869 miles	755 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Sat 12:04 PM	1471 km	914 miles	794 nm	SW
Fort-de-France	Sat 11:04 AM	1512 km	939 miles	816 nm	W
Castries	Sat 11:04 AM	1515 km	941 miles	818 nm	W
Roseau	Sat 11:04 AM	1534 km	953 miles	828 nm	W
Kingstown	Sat 11:04 AM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	WSW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Sat 11:04 AM	1563 km	972 miles	844 nm	W
Saint John's (Antigua)	Sat 11:04 AM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	W
Georgetown	Sat 11:04 AM	1610 km	1001 miles	869 nm	SW