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 Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 03:36:00 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 Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 03:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 24'	North
Longitude:	124° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.64 meters/second, 1575.5 km/hour, 979.0 miles/hour or 850.7 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"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.6"	978.72 mi	west	0° 00' 33.4"	0.64 mi	north	978.70 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 34.2"	0.62 mi	east	0° 13' 14.4"	15.18 mi	north	15.19 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 03:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 38'	North
Longitude:	82° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.15 meters/second, 1598.9 km/hour, 993.5 miles/hour or 863.4 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"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 58.4"	993.45 mi	west	0° 09' 57.2"	11.40 mi	north	993.27 mi
24 hours	10° 31' 02.3"	717.33 mi	east	3° 45' 49.3"	258.72 mi	north	758.31 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	Thu 11:36 AM	557 km	346 miles	300 nm	SW
Kaohsiung	Thu 11:36 AM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	NW
Tarlac City	Thu 11:36 AM	625 km	388 miles	337 nm	SW
Mabalacat	Thu 11:36 AM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	SW
Angeles	Thu 11:36 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	SW
Quezon	Thu 11:36 AM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	SW
Manila	Thu 11:36 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	SW
Makati	Thu 11:36 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	SW
Taichung	Thu 11:36 AM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	NW
Taipei	Thu 11:36 AM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	NNW