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 14:10:00 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 14:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 05'	North
Longitude:	33° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.08 meters/second, 1587.9 km/hour, 986.7 miles/hour or 857.4 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"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.45 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.7"	986.46 mi	west	0° 00' 37.9"	0.72 mi	north	986.43 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 14.3"	0.26 mi	west	0° 15' 00.6"	17.21 mi	north	17.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 14:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 32'	South
Longitude:	136° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.71 meters/second, 1561.4 km/hour, 970.2 miles/hour or 843.1 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' 29.0"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 10.6"	970.08 mi	west	0° 09' 28.8"	10.87 mi	north	970.49 mi
24 hours	11° 55' 23.5"	798.49 mi	east	4° 02' 48.6"	278.20 mi	north	851.80 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
Mindelo	Fri 1:10 PM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	E
Praia	Fri 1:10 PM	1140 km	709 miles	616 nm	ESE
Dakar	Fri 2:10 PM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	E
Nouakchott	Fri 2:10 PM	1874 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	E
Banjul	Fri 2:10 PM	1903 km	1182 miles	1027 nm	ESE
Bissau	Fri 2:10 PM	2064 km	1282 miles	1114 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Fri 3:10 PM	2329 km	1447 miles	1258 nm	ENE
Azores *	Fri 2:10 PM	2330 km	1448 miles	1258 nm	NNE
Conakry	Fri 2:10 PM	2356 km	1464 miles	1272 nm	ESE
Freetown	Fri 2:10 PM	2454 km	1525 miles	1325 nm	ESE