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 10:42:00 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 10:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	North
Longitude:	18° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.81 meters/second, 1590.5 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.1"	988.10 mi	west	0° 00' 38.8"	0.74 mi	north	988.07 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 24.3"	0.45 mi	west	0° 15' 21.3"	17.60 mi	north	17.61 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 22'	South
Longitude:	98° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.93 meters/second, 1526.1 km/hour, 948.3 miles/hour or 824.1 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"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 28.0"	948.14 mi	west	0° 07' 11.6"	8.25 mi	north	948.50 mi
24 hours	12° 57' 07.9"	850.42 mi	east	3° 17' 54.4"	226.83 mi	north	887.51 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
Ndjamena	Thu 11:42 AM	720 km	447 miles	389 nm	SSW
Sarh	Thu 11:42 AM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	S
Kano	Thu 11:42 AM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	WSW
Bangui	Thu 11:42 AM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	S
Khartoum	Thu 1:42 PM	1535 km	954 miles	829 nm	E
Abuja	Thu 11:42 AM	1536 km	954 miles	829 nm	SW
Yaoundé	Thu 11:42 AM	1711 km	1063 miles	924 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Thu 12:42 PM	1751 km	1088 miles	946 nm	NNW
Niamey	Thu 11:42 AM	1800 km	1119 miles	972 nm	WSW
Malabo	Thu 11:42 AM	1868 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	SW