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 14:08:00 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 14:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 18'	North
Longitude:	33° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.00 meters/second, 1594.8 km/hour, 991.0 miles/hour or 861.1 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' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.9"	990.78 mi	west	0° 00' 40.0"	0.77 mi	north	990.75 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 40.8"	0.75 mi	west	0° 15' 54.3"	18.23 mi	north	18.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 14:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	South
Longitude:	176° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.47 meters/second, 1488.5 km/hour, 924.9 miles/hour or 803.7 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' 22.7"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 43.9"	924.67 mi	west	0° 01' 19.6"	1.52 mi	north	924.75 mi
24 hours	14° 35' 51.0"	938.73 mi	east	1° 12' 55.2"	83.62 mi	north	946.29 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
Mindelo	Tue 1:08 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	E
Praia	Tue 1:08 PM	1065 km	661 miles	575 nm	ESE
Dakar	Tue 2:08 PM	1708 km	1061 miles	922 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 2:08 PM	1824 km	1133 miles	985 nm	E
Banjul	Tue 2:08 PM	1830 km	1137 miles	988 nm	E
Bissau	Tue 2:08 PM	1986 km	1234 miles	1072 nm	ESE
Conakry	Tue 2:08 PM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Tue 3:08 PM	2324 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	ENE
Freetown	Tue 2:08 PM	2369 km	1472 miles	1279 nm	ESE
Azores *	Tue 2:08 PM	2403 km	1493 miles	1297 nm	N