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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 11'	North
Longitude:	111° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.26 meters/second, 1595.7 km/hour, 991.5 miles/hour or 861.6 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"	991.36 mi	west	0° 00' 40.3"	0.77 mi	north	991.33 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 44.2"	0.81 mi	west	0° 16' 01.2"	18.36 mi	north	18.38 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 04:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	South
Longitude:	38° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.05 meters/second, 1487.0 km/hour, 924.0 miles/hour or 802.9 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' 22.3"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 17.8"	923.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	923.70 mi
24 hours	14° 50' 54.8"	954.34 mi	east	0° 38' 19.3"	43.94 mi	north	957.45 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
Haikou	Tue 12:30 PM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	NNW
Macau	Tue 12:30 PM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	NNE
Pakse	Tue 11:30 AM	636 km	395 miles	343 nm	WSW
Hai Phong	Tue 11:30 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	NW
Hong Kong	Tue 12:30 PM	640 km	398 miles	345 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Tue 12:30 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	NNE
Foshan	Tue 12:30 PM	672 km	417 miles	363 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Tue 12:30 PM	675 km	419 miles	364 nm	NNE
Guangzhou	Tue 12:30 PM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNE
Nanning	Tue 12:30 PM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	NNW