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 04:30:00 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 04:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 59'	North
Longitude:	111° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.34 meters/second, 1588.8 km/hour, 987.2 miles/hour or 857.9 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' 00.8"	987.04 mi	west	0° 00' 38.1"	0.73 mi	north	987.01 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 17.9"	0.33 mi	west	0° 15' 08.0"	17.35 mi	north	17.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 04:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 60'	South
Longitude:	3° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.24 meters/second, 1548.9 km/hour, 962.4 miles/hour or 836.3 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' 28.1"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 14.9"	962.30 mi	west	0° 08' 47.7"	10.08 mi	north	962.70 mi
24 hours	12° 15' 59.8"	815.77 mi	east	3° 49' 38.8"	263.15 mi	north	863.98 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
Haikou	Fri 12:30 PM	251 km	156 miles	135 nm	NNW
Macau	Fri 12:30 PM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	NNE
Hong Kong	Fri 12:30 PM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Fri 12:30 PM	572 km	355 miles	309 nm	NNE
Hai Phong	Fri 11:30 AM	582 km	362 miles	314 nm	NW
Foshan	Fri 12:30 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Fri 12:30 PM	599 km	372 miles	324 nm	NNE
Guangzhou	Fri 12:30 PM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	NNE
Nanning	Fri 12:30 PM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NNW
Hanoi	Fri 11:30 AM	666 km	414 miles	360 nm	WNW