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 21:46:00 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 21:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 23'	North
Longitude:	147° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.79 meters/second, 1594.1 km/hour, 990.5 miles/hour or 860.7 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"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.51 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.8"	990.32 mi	west	0° 00' 39.9"	0.76 mi	north	990.29 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 38.0"	0.70 mi	west	0° 15' 48.7"	18.12 mi	north	18.14 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 21:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 24'	South
Longitude:	73° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.36 meters/second, 1491.7 km/hour, 926.9 miles/hour or 805.4 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' 23.2"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 11.9"	926.66 mi	west	0° 02' 29.5"	2.86 mi	north	926.80 mi
24 hours	14° 21' 34.5"	924.92 mi	east	1° 38' 43.2"	113.20 mi	north	936.84 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
Honolulu	Tue 11:46 AM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Wed 11:46 AM	2016 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	SSW
Midway	Tue 10:46 AM	3266 km	2030 miles	1764 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Tue 2:46 PM	3342 km	2076 miles	1804 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Tue 2:46 PM	3461 km	2151 miles	1869 nm	NE
Baker Island	Tue 9:46 AM	3685 km	2290 miles	1990 nm	WSW
Las Vegas *	Tue 2:46 PM	3814 km	2370 miles	2059 nm	NE
Papeete	Tue 11:46 AM	3868 km	2403 miles	2088 nm	S
Fakaofo	Wed 10:46 AM	3934 km	2445 miles	2124 nm	SW
Hermosillo	Tue 2:46 PM	3953 km	2456 miles	2135 nm	ENE