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 07:38:00 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 Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 07:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 13'	North
Longitude:	64° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.14 meters/second, 1577.3 km/hour, 980.1 miles/hour or 851.7 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' 59.0"	979.85 mi	west	0° 00' 34.1"	0.65 mi	north	979.83 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 27.2"	0.49 mi	east	0° 13' 30.8"	15.50 mi	north	15.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 07:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 11'	North
Longitude:	13° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.98 meters/second, 1612.7 km/hour, 1002.1 miles/hour or 870.8 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"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.20 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 13.3"	1002.06 mi	west	0° 10' 41.0"	12.24 mi	north	1001.96 mi
24 hours	10° 21' 41.9"	712.62 mi	east	4° 06' 39.9"	282.54 mi	north	763.45 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
Karachi	Wed 12:38 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	NNE
Muscat	Wed 11:38 AM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	NW
Hyderabad	Wed 12:38 PM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	NNE
Seeb	Wed 11:38 AM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	NW
Nizwa	Wed 11:38 AM	816 km	507 miles	441 nm	WNW
Mumbai	Wed 1:08 PM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	E
Surat	Wed 1:08 PM	923 km	573 miles	498 nm	ENE
Ahmedabad	Wed 1:08 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	ENE
Vadodara	Wed 1:08 PM	990 km	615 miles	534 nm	ENE
Pune	Wed 1:08 PM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	E