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 Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 04:28:00 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 Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 04:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 14'	North
Longitude:	111° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.70 meters/second, 1586.5 km/hour, 985.8 miles/hour or 856.7 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"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.43 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.6"	985.62 mi	west	0° 00' 37.3"	0.72 mi	north	985.59 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 09.0"	0.16 mi	west	0° 14' 49.6"	17.00 mi	north	17.00 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 04:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 11'	South
Longitude:	16° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.58 meters/second, 1578.9 km/hour, 981.1 miles/hour or 852.5 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' 30.4"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	north	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 26.8"	981.01 mi	west	0° 10' 17.0"	11.78 mi	north	981.39 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 03.4"	775.48 mi	east	4° 17' 32.1"	295.02 mi	north	834.86 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	Sat 12:28 PM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	NW
Macau	Sat 12:28 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	NNE
Hong Kong	Sat 12:28 PM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Sat 12:28 PM	521 km	324 miles	281 nm	NNE
Foshan	Sat 12:28 PM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Sat 12:28 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	NNE
Guangzhou	Sat 12:28 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	NNE
Hai Phong	Sat 11:28 AM	612 km	380 miles	331 nm	WNW
Nanning	Sat 12:28 PM	625 km	389 miles	338 nm	NW
Hanoi	Sat 11:28 AM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	WNW