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 22:58:00 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 22:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 10'	North
Longitude:	165° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.85 meters/second, 1587.1 km/hour, 986.1 miles/hour or 856.9 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"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.44 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.6"	985.94 mi	west	0° 00' 37.5"	0.72 mi	north	985.91 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 11.0"	0.20 mi	west	0° 14' 53.8"	17.08 mi	north	17.08 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 11, 2012 at 22:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 06'	South
Longitude:	96° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.76 meters/second, 1572.3 km/hour, 977.0 miles/hour or 849.0 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' 29.8"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 58.6"	976.93 mi	west	0° 10' 00.2"	11.46 mi	north	977.32 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 05.1"	783.94 mi	east	4° 12' 30.5"	289.28 mi	north	841.20 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
Honolulu	Fri 12:58 PM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	ENE
Midway	Fri 11:58 AM	1631 km	1014 miles	881 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Sat 12:58 PM	2021 km	1256 miles	1091 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Fri 10:58 AM	2312 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	SSW
Majuro	Sat 10:58 AM	2786 km	1731 miles	1504 nm	WSW
Wake Island	Sat 10:58 AM	2917 km	1813 miles	1575 nm	W
Tarawa	Sat 10:58 AM	2976 km	1849 miles	1607 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sat 11:58 AM	3106 km	1930 miles	1677 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Sat 10:58 AM	3386 km	2104 miles	1828 nm	SSW
Apia	Sat 11:58 AM	3602 km	2238 miles	1945 nm	S