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 Friday, May 11, 2012 at 00:06:00 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 Friday, May 11, 2012 at 00:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 56'	North
Longitude:	177° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.45 meters/second, 1589.2 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.0"	987.30 mi	west	0° 00' 38.2"	0.73 mi	north	987.27 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 19.5"	0.36 mi	west	0° 15' 11.3"	17.41 mi	north	17.42 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 00:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 38'	South
Longitude:	67° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.65 meters/second, 1543.2 km/hour, 958.9 miles/hour or 833.2 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' 27.8"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 48.7"	958.74 mi	west	0° 08' 26.3"	9.67 mi	north	959.13 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 50.8"	824.04 mi	east	3° 42' 43.9"	255.24 mi	north	869.68 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
Wake Island	Fri 12:06 PM	1136 km	706 miles	613 nm	W
Midway	Thu 1:06 PM	1262 km	784 miles	681 nm	NNE
Majuro	Fri 12:06 PM	1365 km	848 miles	737 nm	SSW
Tarawa	Fri 12:06 PM	1887 km	1172 miles	1019 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Thu 12:06 PM	2076 km	1290 miles	1121 nm	SSE
Yaren	Fri 12:06 PM	2338 km	1453 miles	1263 nm	SSW
Palikir	Fri 11:06 AM	2409 km	1497 miles	1301 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Thu 2:06 PM	2628 km	1633 miles	1419 nm	ENE
Funafuti	Fri 12:06 PM	2932 km	1822 miles	1583 nm	S
Fakaofo	Fri 1:06 PM	3271 km	2032 miles	1766 nm	SSE