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 07:54:00 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 Monday, May 7, 2012 at 07:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 57'	North
Longitude:	60° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.81 meters/second, 1597.7 km/hour, 992.8 miles/hour or 862.7 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' 02.2"	992.60 mi	west	0° 00' 41.0"	0.78 mi	north	992.57 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 51.7"	0.95 mi	west	0° 16' 16.0"	18.65 mi	north	18.67 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 07:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	South
Longitude:	102° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.83 meters/second, 1493.4 km/hour, 928.0 miles/hour or 806.4 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' 21.9"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 01.5"	927.69 mi	west	0° 03' 34.0"	4.09 mi	south	927.51 mi
24 hours	15° 09' 13.7"	978.45 mi	east	0° 40' 36.1"	46.56 mi	south	977.32 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	Mon 11:54 AM	667 km	415 miles	360 nm	W
Nizwa	Mon 11:54 AM	725 km	450 miles	391 nm	NNW
Muscat	Mon 11:54 AM	760 km	472 miles	410 nm	NNW
Seeb	Mon 11:54 AM	778 km	484 miles	420 nm	NNW
Abu Dhabi	Mon 11:54 AM	1037 km	644 miles	560 nm	NW
Dubai	Mon 11:54 AM	1060 km	658 miles	572 nm	NNW
Karachi	Mon 12:54 PM	1116 km	693 miles	602 nm	NE
Doha	Mon 10:54 AM	1299 km	807 miles	702 nm	NW
Mumbai	Mon 1:24 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	ENE
Surat	Mon 1:24 PM	1399 km	869 miles	756 nm	ENE