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 23:46:00 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 23:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 56'	North
Longitude:	177° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.46 meters/second, 1589.3 km/hour, 987.5 miles/hour or 858.1 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"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.9"	987.32 mi	west	0° 00' 38.2"	0.73 mi	north	987.29 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 19.5"	0.36 mi	west	0° 15' 11.6"	17.42 mi	north	17.42 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 23:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 41'	South
Longitude:	72° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.53 meters/second, 1542.7 km/hour, 958.6 miles/hour or 833.0 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' 27.7"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 46.7"	958.47 mi	west	0° 08' 24.7"	9.64 mi	north	958.86 mi
24 hours	12° 26' 36.2"	824.67 mi	east	3° 42' 11.0"	254.61 mi	north	870.12 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
Midway	Thu 12:46 PM	1140 km	708 miles	615 nm	N
Wake Island	Fri 11:46 AM	1660 km	1031 miles	896 nm	W
Majuro	Fri 11:46 AM	1696 km	1054 miles	916 nm	SW
Baker Island	Thu 11:46 AM	1966 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	S
Tarawa	Fri 11:46 AM	2091 km	1299 miles	1129 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Thu 1:46 PM	2112 km	1312 miles	1140 nm	ENE
Yaren	Fri 11:46 AM	2648 km	1646 miles	1430 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Fri 1:46 PM	2846 km	1768 miles	1537 nm	SE
Palikir	Fri 10:46 AM	2890 km	1796 miles	1560 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Fri 11:46 AM	2944 km	1830 miles	1590 nm	S