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 08:36:00 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 08:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 46'	North
Longitude:	49° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.86 meters/second, 1590.7 km/hour, 988.4 miles/hour or 858.9 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"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.1"	988.23 mi	west	0° 00' 38.8"	0.74 mi	north	988.20 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 25.2"	0.46 mi	west	0° 15' 22.10"	17.63 mi	north	17.64 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 08:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 37'	South
Longitude:	68° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.22 meters/second, 1523.6 km/hour, 946.7 miles/hour or 822.7 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' 26.2"	15.78 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	north	15.78 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 15.4"	946.55 mi	west	0° 06' 58.5"	8.00 mi	north	946.90 mi
24 hours	13° 02' 08.8"	854.68 mi	east	3° 13' 29.0"	221.77 mi	north	890.35 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
Salalah	Thu 12:36 PM	461 km	287 miles	249 nm	E
Sana	Thu 11:36 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	WSW
Bosaso	Thu 11:36 AM	720 km	448 miles	389 nm	S
Aden	Thu 11:36 AM	752 km	467 miles	406 nm	SW
Riyadh	Thu 11:36 AM	827 km	514 miles	447 nm	NNW
Doha	Thu 11:36 AM	851 km	529 miles	460 nm	NNE
Abu Dhabi	Thu 12:36 PM	879 km	546 miles	474 nm	NNE
Al Khor	Thu 11:36 AM	894 km	556 miles	483 nm	N
Riffa	Thu 11:36 AM	929 km	578 miles	502 nm	N
Manama	Thu 11:36 AM	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	N