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 07:28:00 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 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	North
Longitude:	66° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.54 meters/second, 1575.1 km/hour, 978.8 miles/hour or 850.5 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.7"	978.51 mi	west	0° 00' 33.3"	0.64 mi	north	978.48 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 35.7"	0.65 mi	east	0° 13' 11.3"	15.12 mi	north	15.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 16'	North
Longitude:	26° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.25 meters/second, 1595.7 km/hour, 991.5 miles/hour or 861.6 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' 33.9"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 53.7"	991.42 mi	west	0° 09' 47.1"	11.21 mi	north	991.23 mi
24 hours	10° 33' 27.0"	718.67 mi	east	3° 41' 06.5"	253.33 mi	north	757.60 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	Thu 12:28 PM	599 km	373 miles	324 nm	N
Vasai-Virar	Thu 12:58 PM	630 km	391 miles	340 nm	E
Mumbai	Thu 12:58 PM	633 km	394 miles	342 nm	E
Surat	Thu 12:58 PM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	ENE
Hyderabad	Thu 12:28 PM	677 km	420 miles	365 nm	NNE
Ahmedabad	Thu 12:58 PM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	NE
Vadodara	Thu 12:58 PM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	ENE
Pune	Thu 12:58 PM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	E
Muscat	Thu 11:28 AM	974 km	605 miles	526 nm	WNW
Indore	Thu 12:58 PM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	ENE