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 23:54:00 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 23:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 08'	North
Longitude:	179° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.38 meters/second, 1596.2 km/hour, 991.8 miles/hour or 861.9 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"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	991.64 mi	west	0° 00' 40.4"	0.77 mi	north	991.61 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 45.8"	0.84 mi	west	0° 16' 04.5"	18.43 mi	north	18.45 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 23:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 40'	South
Longitude:	27° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.13 meters/second, 1487.3 km/hour, 924.1 miles/hour or 803.1 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' 22.0"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 09.4"	923.89 mi	west	0° 00' 57.2"	1.09 mi	south	923.84 mi
24 hours	14° 56' 44.9"	960.93 mi	east	0° 21' 08.7"	24.25 mi	north	962.40 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
Midway	Mon 12:54 PM	1248 km	776 miles	674 nm	N
Wake Island	Tue 11:54 AM	1468 km	912 miles	793 nm	WNW
Majuro	Tue 11:54 AM	1486 km	924 miles	803 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 11:54 AM	1906 km	1184 miles	1029 nm	S
Tarawa	Tue 11:54 AM	1916 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Mon 1:54 PM	2336 km	1451 miles	1261 nm	ENE
Yaren	Tue 11:54 AM	2448 km	1521 miles	1322 nm	SW
Palikir	Tue 10:54 AM	2663 km	1655 miles	1438 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Tue 11:54 AM	2840 km	1765 miles	1534 nm	S
Kiritimati	Tue 1:54 PM	2970 km	1845 miles	1603 nm	ESE