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 12:22:00 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 12:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 48'	North
Longitude:	6° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.76 meters/second, 1590.4 km/hour, 988.2 miles/hour or 858.7 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"	988.00 mi	west	0° 00' 38.6"	0.74 mi	north	987.97 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 23.7"	0.44 mi	west	0° 15' 20.2"	17.58 mi	north	17.59 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 10'	South
Longitude:	122° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.50 meters/second, 1528.2 km/hour, 949.6 miles/hour or 825.2 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' 26.6"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 38.0"	949.42 mi	west	0° 07' 21.8"	8.44 mi	north	949.79 mi
24 hours	12° 53' 09.9"	847.06 mi	east	3° 21' 18.8"	230.73 mi	north	885.26 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
Bamako	Thu 12:22 PM	588 km	366 miles	318 nm	SSW
Koutiala	Thu 12:22 PM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	SSE
Sikasso	Thu 12:22 PM	727 km	451 miles	392 nm	S
Koudougou	Thu 12:22 PM	770 km	478 miles	416 nm	SE
Bobo-Dioulasso	Thu 12:22 PM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Thu 12:22 PM	817 km	508 miles	441 nm	SE
Rosso	Thu 12:22 PM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	W
Nouakchott	Thu 12:22 PM	986 km	612 miles	532 nm	W
Gabú	Thu 12:22 PM	1015 km	631 miles	548 nm	SW
Niamey	Thu 1:22 PM	1055 km	656 miles	570 nm	ESE