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 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 01:08:00 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 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 01:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 41'	North
Longitude:	161° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.06 meters/second, 1591.4 km/hour, 988.9 miles/hour or 859.3 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"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.48 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.3"	988.67 mi	west	0° 00' 39.0"	0.75 mi	north	988.64 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 27.8"	0.51 mi	west	0° 15' 28.6"	17.74 mi	north	17.75 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 01:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	South
Longitude:	39° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.81 meters/second, 1514.9 km/hour, 941.3 miles/hour or 818.0 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' 25.4"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 31.2"	941.14 mi	west	0° 06' 09.0"	7.05 mi	north	941.47 mi
24 hours	13° 20' 02.7"	869.99 mi	east	2° 56' 33.9"	202.40 mi	north	900.48 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
Wake Island	Thu 1:08 PM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	ENE
Palikir	Thu 12:08 PM	1256 km	780 miles	678 nm	SSW
Majuro	Thu 1:08 PM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 11:08 AM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	WSW
Yaren	Thu 1:08 PM	2091 km	1299 miles	1129 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Thu 1:08 PM	2175 km	1352 miles	1175 nm	SE
Midway	Wed 2:08 PM	2426 km	1507 miles	1310 nm	ENE
Tokyo	Thu 10:08 AM	2958 km	1838 miles	1597 nm	NW
Honiara	Thu 12:08 PM	3006 km	1868 miles	1623 nm	S
Baker Island	Wed 1:08 PM	3064 km	1904 miles	1654 nm	SE