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 21:26:00 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 21:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 34'	North
Longitude:	142° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.74 meters/second, 1601.1 km/hour, 994.8 miles/hour or 864.5 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' 02.7"	994.69 mi	west	0° 00' 42.0"	0.80 mi	north	994.66 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 04.0"	1.18 mi	west	0° 16' 40.1"	19.11 mi	north	19.14 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 21:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 26'	South
Longitude:	33° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.72 meters/second, 1529.0 km/hour, 950.1 miles/hour or 825.6 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' 23.4"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 26.0"	949.83 mi	west	0° 08' 38.5"	9.91 mi	south	949.51 mi
24 hours	14° 53' 09.3"	982.51 mi	east	2° 49' 36.3"	194.44 mi	south	993.69 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
Honolulu	Sat 11:26 AM	1688 km	1049 miles	912 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sun 11:26 AM	2289 km	1422 miles	1236 nm	SW
San Francisco *	Sat 2:26 PM	3071 km	1908 miles	1658 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 2:26 PM	3111 km	1933 miles	1680 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Sat 2:26 PM	3472 km	2158 miles	1875 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 2:26 PM	3517 km	2185 miles	1899 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 2:26 PM	3585 km	2227 miles	1936 nm	NE
Midway	Sat 10:26 AM	3788 km	2354 miles	2045 nm	WNW
Papeete	Sat 11:26 AM	3847 km	2391 miles	2077 nm	SSW
Seattle *	Sat 2:26 PM	3914 km	2432 miles	2113 nm	NNE