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 11:36:00 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 11:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 48'	North
Longitude:	4° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.78 meters/second, 1590.4 km/hour, 988.2 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"	988.05 mi	west	0° 00' 38.6"	0.74 mi	north	988.02 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 24.0"	0.44 mi	west	0° 15' 20.7"	17.59 mi	north	17.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 11:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 16'	South
Longitude:	111° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.24 meters/second, 1527.2 km/hour, 949.0 miles/hour or 824.6 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' 26.4"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 33.4"	948.83 mi	west	0° 07' 17.1"	8.35 mi	north	949.19 mi
24 hours	12° 54' 59.1"	848.61 mi	east	3° 19' 45.4"	228.95 mi	north	886.29 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
Agadez	Thu 12:36 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	ESE
Maradi	Thu 12:36 PM	535 km	333 miles	289 nm	SSE
Niamey	Thu 12:36 PM	556 km	345 miles	300 nm	SSW
Zinder	Thu 12:36 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	SE
Kano	Thu 12:36 PM	754 km	469 miles	407 nm	SSE
Kaduna	Thu 12:36 PM	853 km	530 miles	461 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Thu 11:36 AM	909 km	565 miles	491 nm	SW
Parakou	Thu 12:36 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	SSW
Koudougou	Thu 11:36 AM	987 km	613 miles	533 nm	SW
Abuja	Thu 12:36 PM	987 km	613 miles	533 nm	SSE