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 09:54:00 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 09:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	North
Longitude:	30° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.83 meters/second, 1590.6 km/hour, 988.3 miles/hour or 858.8 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' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.2"	988.15 mi	west	0° 00' 38.8"	0.74 mi	north	988.12 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 24.6"	0.45 mi	west	0° 15' 22.0"	17.62 mi	north	17.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 09:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	South
Longitude:	87° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.66 meters/second, 1525.2 km/hour, 947.7 miles/hour or 823.5 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' 26.3"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.13 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 23.2"	947.53 mi	west	0° 07' 06.7"	8.15 mi	north	947.89 mi
24 hours	12° 59' 02.4"	852.04 mi	east	3° 16' 14.3"	224.93 mi	north	888.59 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
Khartoum	Thu 12:54 PM	337 km	209 miles	182 nm	SE
Kassala	Thu 12:54 PM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	ESE
Teseney	Thu 12:54 PM	738 km	458 miles	398 nm	ESE
Port Sudan	Thu 12:54 PM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	ENE
Keren	Thu 12:54 PM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	ESE
Malakal	Thu 12:54 PM	924 km	574 miles	499 nm	S
Asmara	Thu 12:54 PM	958 km	595 miles	517 nm	ESE
Jeddah	Thu 12:54 PM	1015 km	631 miles	548 nm	ENE
Makkah	Thu 12:54 PM	1075 km	668 miles	580 nm	ENE
Medina	Thu 12:54 PM	1216 km	755 miles	657 nm	NE