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 16:36:00 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 16:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 06'	North
Longitude:	70° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.02 meters/second, 1587.7 km/hour, 986.5 miles/hour or 857.3 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"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.44 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.6"	986.32 mi	west	0° 00' 37.8"	0.72 mi	north	986.29 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 13.4"	0.24 mi	west	0° 14' 58.8"	17.17 mi	north	17.17 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 16:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 09'	South
Longitude:	171° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.57 meters/second, 1564.4 km/hour, 972.1 miles/hour or 844.7 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' 29.3"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.20 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 24.1"	972.01 mi	west	0° 09' 38.2"	11.04 mi	north	972.41 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 27.4"	794.34 mi	east	4° 05' 42.1"	281.50 mi	north	848.82 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
Santo Domingo	Fri 12:36 PM	48 km	30 miles	26 nm	NNE
Santiago de los Caballeros	Fri 12:36 PM	159 km	99 miles	86 nm	NNW
Puerto Plata	Fri 12:36 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	NNW
Punta Cana	Fri 12:36 PM	199 km	123 miles	107 nm	ENE
Port-au-Prince *	Fri 12:36 PM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	WNW
Cap-Haïtien *	Fri 12:36 PM	280 km	174 miles	151 nm	NW
Gonaïves *	Fri 12:36 PM	303 km	188 miles	163 nm	WNW
Ponce	Fri 12:36 PM	378 km	235 miles	204 nm	E
Cockburn Town *	Fri 12:36 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	NNW
San Juan	Fri 12:36 PM	432 km	269 miles	233 nm	E