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 11:44:00 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 11:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 00'	North
Longitude:	2° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.71 meters/second, 1597.3 km/hour, 992.5 miles/hour or 862.5 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"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.54 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.2"	992.37 mi	west	0° 00' 40.9"	0.78 mi	north	992.34 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 50.3"	0.92 mi	west	0° 16' 13.3"	18.59 mi	north	18.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 15'	South
Longitude:	157° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.23 meters/second, 1491.2 km/hour, 926.6 miles/hour or 805.2 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"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 00.2"	926.34 mi	west	0° 02' 56.7"	3.38 mi	south	926.19 mi
24 hours	15° 07' 24.0"	975.08 mi	east	0° 25' 38.1"	29.40 mi	south	974.10 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
Niamey	Mon 12:44 PM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	SSW
Agadez	Mon 12:44 PM	546 km	340 miles	295 nm	E
Maradi	Mon 12:44 PM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	SE
Ouagadougou	Mon 11:44 AM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	SW
Zinder	Mon 12:44 PM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	ESE
Koudougou	Mon 11:44 AM	770 km	478 miles	416 nm	SW
Kano	Mon 12:44 PM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	SE
Parakou	Mon 12:44 PM	848 km	527 miles	458 nm	S
Kaduna	Mon 12:44 PM	871 km	541 miles	471 nm	SE
Tamale	Mon 11:44 AM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	SSW