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 07:18:00 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 07:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 13'	North
Longitude:	69° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.18 meters/second, 1595.5 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	991.19 mi	west	0° 00' 40.2"	0.77 mi	north	991.16 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 43.2"	0.79 mi	west	0° 15' 59.2"	18.33 mi	north	18.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 07:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	South
Longitude:	78° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.09 meters/second, 1487.1 km/hour, 924.1 miles/hour or 803.0 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' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 24.2"	923.81 mi	west	0° 00' 14.5"	0.28 mi	north	923.82 mi
24 hours	14° 46' 54.7"	950.04 mi	east	0° 48' 35.0"	55.71 mi	north	954.31 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
Mumbai	Tue 12:48 PM	416 km	258 miles	224 nm	ENE
Vasai-Virar	Tue 12:48 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	NE
Pune	Tue 12:48 PM	500 km	310 miles	270 nm	ENE
Nashik	Tue 12:48 PM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	NE
Surat	Tue 12:48 PM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	NE
Ahmednagar	Tue 12:48 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	ENE
Hubli	Tue 12:48 PM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	ESE
Aurangabad	Tue 12:48 PM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	ENE
Bijapur	Tue 12:48 PM	680 km	423 miles	367 nm	E
Vadodara	Tue 12:48 PM	696 km	432 miles	376 nm	NE