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 05:40:00 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 05:40:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 12'	North
Longitude:	93° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.23 meters/second, 1595.6 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"	991.29 mi	west	0° 00' 40.3"	0.77 mi	north	991.26 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 43.7"	0.80 mi	west	0° 16' 00.4"	18.35 mi	north	18.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 05:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	South
Longitude:	55° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.06 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' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 20.4"	923.73 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	923.73 mi
24 hours	14° 49' 17.2"	952.58 mi	east	0° 42' 37.0"	48.87 mi	north	956.15 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
Yangon	Tue 12:10 PM	250 km	155 miles	135 nm	E
Naypyidaw	Tue 12:10 PM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	NE
Chiang Mai	Tue 12:40 PM	572 km	355 miles	309 nm	ENE
Mandalay	Tue 12:10 PM	579 km	359 miles	312 nm	NNE
Chittagong	Tue 11:40 AM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	NNW
Port Blair	Tue 11:10 AM	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	SSW
Khulna	Tue 11:40 AM	766 km	476 miles	413 nm	NW
Dhaka	Tue 11:40 AM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	NNW
Bangkok	Tue 12:40 PM	810 km	504 miles	438 nm	ESE
Kolkata	Tue 11:10 AM	828 km	514 miles	447 nm	NW