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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 03:22:00 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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 03:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 11'	North
Longitude:	128° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.25 meters/second, 1577.7 km/hour, 980.3 miles/hour or 851.9 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"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.1"	980.10 mi	west	0° 00' 34.2"	0.66 mi	north	980.07 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 25.7"	0.47 mi	east	0° 13' 34.3"	15.56 mi	north	15.57 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 03:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 25'	North
Longitude:	75° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.59 meters/second, 1614.9 km/hour, 1003.5 miles/hour or 872.0 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"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 14.2"	1003.43 mi	west	0° 10' 48.4"	12.38 mi	north	1003.36 mi
24 hours	10° 20' 28.6"	712.18 mi	east	4° 10' 22.1"	286.77 mi	north	764.89 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
Baguio City	Wed 11:22 AM	873 km	543 miles	472 nm	WSW
Quezon	Wed 11:22 AM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	WSW
Kaohsiung	Wed 11:22 AM	923 km	573 miles	498 nm	WNW
Manila	Wed 11:22 AM	928 km	577 miles	501 nm	WSW
Makati	Wed 11:22 AM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	WSW
Taipei	Wed 11:22 AM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	NW
Foochow	Wed 11:22 AM	1194 km	742 miles	645 nm	NW
Xiamen	Wed 11:22 AM	1209 km	751 miles	653 nm	WNW
Shantou	Wed 11:22 AM	1293 km	804 miles	698 nm	WNW
Davao	Wed 11:22 AM	1371 km	852 miles	740 nm	SSW