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 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 03:02:00 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 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 03:02:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 56'	North
Longitude:	133° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.87 meters/second, 1579.9 km/hour, 981.7 miles/hour or 853.1 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"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.4"	981.49 mi	west	0° 00' 35.0"	0.67 mi	north	981.46 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 17.0"	0.31 mi	east	0° 13' 54.1"	15.94 mi	north	15.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 03:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 55'	North
Longitude:	70° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.43 meters/second, 1621.6 km/hour, 1007.6 miles/hour or 875.6 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' 34.0"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 03.2"	1007.59 mi	west	0° 11' 18.2"	12.94 mi	north	1007.64 mi
24 hours	10° 19' 37.8"	714.30 mi	east	4° 26' 23.8"	305.09 mi	north	775.66 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
Melekeok	Tue 12:02 PM	1274 km	791 miles	688 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 1:02 PM	1364 km	848 miles	736 nm	ESE
Quezon	Tue 11:02 AM	1387 km	862 miles	749 nm	WSW
Taipei	Tue 11:02 AM	1393 km	865 miles	752 nm	WNW
Manila	Tue 11:02 AM	1396 km	868 miles	754 nm	WSW
Kagoshima	Tue 12:02 PM	1428 km	887 miles	771 nm	N
Davao	Tue 11:02 AM	1555 km	966 miles	840 nm	SSW
Kumamoto	Tue 12:02 PM	1558 km	968 miles	841 nm	N
Fukuoka	Tue 12:02 PM	1656 km	1029 miles	894 nm	N
Kitakyushu	Tue 12:02 PM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	N