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 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 00:58:00 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 Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 00:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 36'	North
Longitude:	164° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.64 meters/second, 1600.7 km/hour, 994.6 miles/hour or 864.3 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"	994.47 mi	west	0° 00' 41.9"	0.80 mi	north	994.44 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 02.7"	1.16 mi	west	0° 16' 37.8"	19.06 mi	north	19.10 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 00:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 56'	South
Longitude:	17° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.44 meters/second, 1524.4 km/hour, 947.2 miles/hour or 823.1 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' 23.2"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	south	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 12.2"	946.95 mi	west	0° 08' 11.2"	9.39 mi	south	946.63 mi
24 hours	14° 57' 14.1"	984.26 mi	east	2° 37' 25.0"	180.47 mi	south	993.14 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
Wake Island	Sun 12:58 PM	382 km	237 miles	206 nm	NE
Palikir	Sun 11:58 AM	1267 km	787 miles	684 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sun 12:58 PM	1282 km	797 miles	692 nm	SE
Yaren	Sun 12:58 PM	1915 km	1190 miles	1034 nm	S
Tarawa	Sun 12:58 PM	1927 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 10:58 AM	2138 km	1328 miles	1154 nm	W
Midway	Sat 1:58 PM	2272 km	1412 miles	1227 nm	NE
Baker Island	Sat 12:58 PM	2776 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	SE
Honiara	Sun 11:58 AM	2920 km	1814 miles	1577 nm	S
Funafuti	Sun 12:58 PM	3223 km	2003 miles	1740 nm	SSE