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 Monday, May 14, 2012 at 08:18:00 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 Monday, May 14, 2012 at 08:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 45'	North
Longitude:	54° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.35 meters/second, 1581.7 km/hour, 982.8 miles/hour or 854.0 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"	16.38 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.38 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.8"	982.58 mi	west	0° 00' 35.8"	0.68 mi	north	982.55 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 10.0"	0.18 mi	east	0° 14' 09.0"	16.22 mi	north	16.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 14, 2012 at 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 38'	South
Longitude:	16° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.76 meters/second, 1619.1 km/hour, 1006.1 miles/hour or 874.3 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' 33.4"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.77 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 33.4"	1006.08 mi	west	0° 11' 25.3"	13.08 mi	north	1006.24 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 56.3"	722.05 mi	east	4° 32' 40.2"	312.27 mi	north	787.20 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
Salalah	Mon 12:18 PM	194 km	121 miles	105 nm	S
Nizwa	Mon 12:18 PM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	NE
Abu Dhabi	Mon 12:18 PM	631 km	392 miles	340 nm	N
Seeb	Mon 12:18 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	NE
Muscat	Mon 12:18 PM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	NE
Dubai	Mon 12:18 PM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	N
Doha	Mon 11:18 AM	777 km	483 miles	420 nm	NNW
Al Khor	Mon 11:18 AM	820 km	510 miles	443 nm	NNW
Riffa	Mon 11:18 AM	903 km	561 miles	488 nm	NNW
Manama	Mon 11:18 AM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	NNW