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 09:00:00 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 09:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 14'	North
Longitude:	43° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.14 meters/second, 1595.3 km/hour, 991.3 miles/hour or 861.4 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' 01.9"	991.09 mi	west	0° 00' 40.2"	0.77 mi	north	991.06 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 42.5"	0.78 mi	west	0° 15' 58.0"	18.30 mi	north	18.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 09:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 42'	South
Longitude:	103° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.15 meters/second, 1487.3 km/hour, 924.2 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' 22.5"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 28.6"	923.94 mi	west	0° 00' 30.9"	0.59 mi	north	923.97 mi
24 hours	14° 44' 19.6"	947.33 mi	east	0° 54' 44.3"	62.77 mi	north	952.36 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
Sana	Tue 12:00 Noon	210 km	130 miles	113 nm	SSE
Aden	Tue 12:00 Noon	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	SSE
Asmara	Tue 12:00 Noon	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	WSW
Keren	Tue 12:00 Noon	598 km	371 miles	323 nm	WSW
Tadjoura	Tue 12:00 Noon	612 km	380 miles	331 nm	S
Mek'ele	Tue 12:00 Noon	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	SW
Makkah	Tue 12:00 Noon	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	NW
Djibouti	Tue 12:00 Noon	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	S
Jeddah	Tue 12:00 Noon	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	NW
Ali Sabieh	Tue 12:00 Noon	685 km	425 miles	370 nm	S