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 07:52:00 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 07:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 27'	North
Longitude:	60° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.53 meters/second, 1575.1 km/hour, 978.7 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' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.6"	978.49 mi	west	0° 00' 33.3"	0.64 mi	north	978.46 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 35.9"	0.65 mi	east	0° 13' 10.8"	15.11 mi	north	15.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 07:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 20'	North
Longitude:	20° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.15 meters/second, 1595.3 km/hour, 991.3 miles/hour or 861.4 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' 33.8"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 53.2"	991.21 mi	west	0° 09' 46.0"	11.19 mi	north	991.01 mi
24 hours	10° 33' 42.7"	718.82 mi	east	3° 40' 36.7"	252.76 mi	north	757.53 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
Nizwa	Thu 11:52 AM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	NW
Muscat	Thu 11:52 AM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	NNW
Seeb	Thu 11:52 AM	543 km	338 miles	293 nm	NNW
Salalah	Thu 11:52 AM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	WSW
Dubai	Thu 11:52 AM	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Thu 11:52 AM	866 km	538 miles	467 nm	NW
Karachi	Thu 12:52 PM	876 km	545 miles	473 nm	NE
Bandar-Abbas *	Thu 12:22 PM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	NNW
Hyderabad	Thu 12:52 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	NE
Doha	Thu 10:52 AM	1155 km	717 miles	623 nm	NW