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 16:38:00 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 16:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 04'	North
Longitude:	70° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.52 meters/second, 1578.7 km/hour, 980.9 miles/hour or 852.4 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"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.3"	980.71 mi	west	0° 00' 34.7"	0.66 mi	north	980.68 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 21.7"	0.40 mi	east	0° 13' 43.1"	15.73 mi	north	15.73 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 16:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 28'	North
Longitude:	127° 54'	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' 34.2"	16.77 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.77 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 12.9"	1006.07 mi	west	0° 11' 04.3"	12.68 mi	north	1006.05 mi
24 hours	10° 18' 45.7"	712.09 mi	east	4° 18' 30.4"	296.08 mi	north	769.09 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
Santiago de los Caballeros	Tue 12:38 PM	42 km	26 miles	23 nm	N
Puerto Plata	Tue 12:38 PM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	N
Santo Domingo	Tue 12:38 PM	104 km	65 miles	56 nm	SE
Cap-Haïtien *	Tue 12:38 PM	176 km	110 miles	95 nm	WNW
Labadee *	Tue 12:38 PM	182 km	113 miles	98 nm	WNW
Port-au-Prince *	Tue 12:38 PM	184 km	114 miles	99 nm	WSW
Gonaïves *	Tue 12:38 PM	214 km	133 miles	116 nm	WNW
Punta Cana	Tue 12:38 PM	252 km	157 miles	136 nm	ESE
Cockburn Town *	Tue 12:38 PM	269 km	167 miles	145 nm	N
Ponce	Tue 12:38 PM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	ESE