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 18:58:00 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 18:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 32'	North
Longitude:	105° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.80 meters/second, 1601.3 km/hour, 995.0 miles/hour or 864.6 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' 00.0"	16.58 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.58 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.8"	994.83 mi	west	0° 00' 42.0"	0.80 mi	north	994.81 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 04.9"	1.20 mi	west	0° 16' 41.8"	19.14 mi	north	19.18 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 18:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 04'	South
Longitude:	68° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.64 meters/second, 1532.3 km/hour, 952.1 miles/hour or 827.4 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' 23.6"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 35.9"	951.89 mi	west	0° 08' 57.0"	10.26 mi	south	951.56 mi
24 hours	14° 50' 02.4"	981.02 mi	east	2° 57' 53.7"	203.93 mi	south	993.91 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
Colima *	Sat 1:58 PM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	NNE
Puerto Vallarta *	Sat 1:58 PM	453 km	282 miles	245 nm	N
Guadalajara *	Sat 1:58 PM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	NNE
Tepic *	Sat 12:58 PM	556 km	345 miles	300 nm	N
Acapulco *	Sat 1:58 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	E
Leon *	Sat 1:58 PM	658 km	409 miles	355 nm	NE
Aguascalientes *	Sat 1:58 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Sat 12:58 PM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	N
Mexico City *	Sat 1:58 PM	757 km	471 miles	409 nm	ENE
San Luis Potosi *	Sat 1:58 PM	790 km	491 miles	427 nm	NE