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 01:54:00 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 01:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 37'	North
Longitude:	150° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.62 meters/second, 1600.6 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"	994.42 mi	west	0° 00' 41.9"	0.80 mi	north	994.39 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 02.3"	1.15 mi	west	0° 16' 37.1"	19.05 mi	north	19.08 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 01:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 03'	South
Longitude:	31° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.10 meters/second, 1523.2 km/hour, 946.5 miles/hour or 822.4 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' 23.2"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.16 mi	south	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 08.8"	946.20 mi	west	0° 08' 03.8"	9.25 mi	south	945.89 mi
24 hours	14° 58' 14.1"	984.65 mi	east	2° 34' 08.5"	176.72 mi	south	992.95 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
Saipan	Sun 11:54 AM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	WSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 11:54 AM	697 km	433 miles	377 nm	WSW
Palikir	Sun 12:54 PM	1367 km	849 miles	738 nm	SE
Wake Island	Sun 1:54 PM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	ENE
Melekeok	Sun 10:54 AM	1988 km	1235 miles	1073 nm	WSW
Yokohama	Sun 10:54 AM	2343 km	1456 miles	1265 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Sun 10:54 AM	2365 km	1469 miles	1277 nm	NNW
Jayapura	Sun 10:54 AM	2370 km	1473 miles	1280 nm	SSW
Nagoya	Sun 10:54 AM	2453 km	1524 miles	1325 nm	NNW
Osaka	Sun 10:54 AM	2490 km	1547 miles	1344 nm	NNW