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 12:42:00 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 12:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 48'	North
Longitude:	11° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.76 meters/second, 1590.3 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"	987.98 mi	west	0° 00' 38.6"	0.74 mi	north	987.95 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 23.6"	0.43 mi	west	0° 15' 19.9"	17.58 mi	north	17.58 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 08'	South
Longitude:	127° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.61 meters/second, 1528.6 km/hour, 949.8 miles/hour or 825.4 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' 40.0"	949.67 mi	west	0° 07' 23.7"	8.48 mi	north	950.04 mi
24 hours	12° 52' 22.4"	846.39 mi	east	3° 21' 59.0"	231.50 mi	north	884.81 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
Nouakchott	Thu 12:42 PM	456 km	284 miles	246 nm	W
Rosso	Thu 12:42 PM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	WSW
Touba	Thu 12:42 PM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	SW
Farafenni	Thu 12:42 PM	629 km	391 miles	340 nm	SW
Thiès	Thu 12:42 PM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Thu 12:42 PM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	WNW
Gabú	Thu 12:42 PM	670 km	416 miles	362 nm	SSW
Bamako	Thu 12:42 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	SE
Bafatá	Thu 12:42 PM	701 km	436 miles	378 nm	SSW
Dakar	Thu 12:42 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	WSW