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 02:36:00 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 02:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 54'	North
Longitude:	139° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.95 meters/second, 1598.2 km/hour, 993.1 miles/hour or 863.0 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"	992.92 mi	west	0° 00' 41.1"	0.79 mi	north	992.89 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 53.6"	0.99 mi	west	0° 16' 19.8"	18.72 mi	north	18.74 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 02:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	26° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.86 meters/second, 1497.1 km/hour, 930.3 miles/hour or 808.4 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' 22.0"	15.51 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	south	15.51 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 06.1"	929.99 mi	west	0° 04' 25.1"	5.07 mi	south	929.78 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 30.9"	982.18 mi	east	1° 01' 18.6"	70.30 mi	south	981.34 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 12:36 PM	648 km	402 miles	350 nm	SE
Saipan	Mon 12:36 PM	657 km	409 miles	355 nm	ESE
Melekeok	Mon 11:36 AM	1185 km	736 miles	640 nm	SSW
Davao	Mon 10:36 AM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	WSW
Hamamatsu	Mon 11:36 AM	1985 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	N
Kumamoto	Mon 11:36 AM	1988 km	1235 miles	1073 nm	NNW
Osaka	Mon 11:36 AM	2016 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	NNW
Kobe	Mon 11:36 AM	2025 km	1258 miles	1094 nm	NNW
Manila	Mon 10:36 AM	2036 km	1265 miles	1099 nm	W
Nagoya	Mon 11:36 AM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	N