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 05:36:00 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 05:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 44'	North
Longitude:	94° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.94 meters/second, 1591.0 km/hour, 988.6 miles/hour or 859.1 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"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.48 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.3"	988.41 mi	west	0° 00' 38.9"	0.74 mi	north	988.38 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 26.3"	0.48 mi	west	0° 15' 25.2"	17.68 mi	north	17.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 57'	South
Longitude:	25° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.23 meters/second, 1520.0 km/hour, 944.5 miles/hour or 820.7 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' 25.9"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	north	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 57.5"	944.33 mi	west	0° 06' 39.2"	7.63 mi	north	944.67 mi
24 hours	13° 09' 20.0"	860.81 mi	east	3° 06' 54.7"	214.25 mi	north	894.41 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
Yangon	Thu 12:06 PM	177 km	110 miles	96 nm	SE
Naypyidaw	Thu 12:06 PM	261 km	162 miles	141 nm	NNE
Chiang Mai	Thu 12:36 PM	455 km	283 miles	246 nm	ENE
Mandalay	Thu 12:06 PM	489 km	304 miles	264 nm	NNE
Chittagong	Thu 11:36 AM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	NNW
Bangkok	Thu 12:36 PM	752 km	467 miles	406 nm	SE
Khulna	Thu 11:36 AM	786 km	489 miles	425 nm	NW
Dhaka	Thu 11:36 AM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	NW
Luang Prabang	Thu 12:36 PM	807 km	501 miles	436 nm	ENE
Vientiane	Thu 12:36 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	E