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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 00:48:00 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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 00:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 53'	North
Longitude:	166° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.00 meters/second, 1598.4 km/hour, 993.2 miles/hour or 863.1 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"	16.55 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.55 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.4"	993.03 mi	west	0° 00' 41.1"	0.79 mi	north	993.00 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 54.3"	1.00 mi	west	0° 16' 21.0"	18.74 mi	north	18.77 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 00:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	South
Longitude:	0° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.26 meters/second, 1498.5 km/hour, 931.2 miles/hour or 809.1 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' 22.1"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 08.4"	930.88 mi	west	0° 04' 42.1"	5.39 mi	south	930.66 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 37.5"	983.20 mi	east	1° 08' 19.6"	78.35 mi	south	982.59 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	Mon 12:48 PM	267 km	166 miles	144 nm	N
Majuro	Mon 12:48 PM	1175 km	730 miles	634 nm	SSE
Palikir	Mon 11:48 AM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	SW
Tarawa	Mon 12:48 PM	1837 km	1142 miles	992 nm	SSE
Yaren	Mon 12:48 PM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	S
Midway	Sun 1:48 PM	2047 km	1272 miles	1105 nm	NE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 10:48 AM	2404 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	W
Baker Island	Sun 12:48 PM	2597 km	1613 miles	1402 nm	SE
Honiara	Mon 11:48 AM	3007 km	1869 miles	1624 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Mon 12:48 PM	3120 km	1939 miles	1685 nm	SSE