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 08:34:00 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 08:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 41'	North
Longitude:	50° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.44 meters/second, 1600.0 km/hour, 994.2 miles/hour or 863.9 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"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.57 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.6"	994.01 mi	west	0° 00' 41.6"	0.80 mi	north	993.98 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 00.1"	1.11 mi	west	0° 16' 32.4"	18.96 mi	north	18.99 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 55'	South
Longitude:	127° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.82 meters/second, 1515.0 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.0 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' 22.7"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 46.1"	941.10 mi	west	0° 07' 08.8"	8.20 mi	south	940.80 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 19.6"	986.40 mi	east	2° 10' 07.1"	149.19 mi	south	991.05 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
Salalah	Sun 12:34 PM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	E
Bosaso	Sun 11:34 AM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	SSW
Sana	Sun 11:34 AM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	WSW
Aden	Sun 11:34 AM	719 km	447 miles	388 nm	SW
Ta'izz	Sun 11:34 AM	766 km	476 miles	413 nm	WSW
Al Hudaydah	Sun 11:34 AM	823 km	511 miles	444 nm	WSW
Abu Dhabi	Sun 12:34 PM	955 km	594 miles	516 nm	NNE
Doha	Sun 11:34 AM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	N
Riyadh	Sun 11:34 AM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Sun 11:34 AM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	SW