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 21:42:00 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 21:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 07'	North
Longitude:	146° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.39 meters/second, 1578.2 km/hour, 980.7 miles/hour or 852.2 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.2"	980.42 mi	west	0° 00' 34.4"	0.66 mi	north	980.39 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 23.7"	0.43 mi	east	0° 13' 39.0"	15.65 mi	north	15.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 21:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 23'	North
Longitude:	158° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.28 meters/second, 1617.4 km/hour, 1005.0 miles/hour or 873.3 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' 34.1"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 14.3"	1004.98 mi	west	0° 10' 57.2"	12.55 mi	north	1004.93 mi
24 hours	10° 19' 19.2"	711.95 mi	east	4° 14' 52.5"	291.92 mi	north	767.00 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	Tue 11:42 AM	1192 km	741 miles	644 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Wed 11:42 AM	2234 km	1388 miles	1206 nm	SSW
San Francisco *	Tue 2:42 PM	3131 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Tue 2:42 PM	3262 km	2027 miles	1762 nm	NE
Midway	Tue 10:42 AM	3278 km	2037 miles	1770 nm	WNW
Las Vegas *	Tue 2:42 PM	3612 km	2245 miles	1951 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Tue 2:42 PM	3778 km	2348 miles	2040 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Tue 2:42 PM	3780 km	2349 miles	2041 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Tue 2:42 PM	3854 km	2395 miles	2081 nm	NNE
Baker Island	Tue 9:42 AM	3868 km	2403 miles	2089 nm	WSW