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 09:56:00 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 09:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 28'	North
Longitude:	29° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.48 meters/second, 1574.9 km/hour, 978.6 miles/hour or 850.4 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"	978.37 mi	west	0° 00' 33.2"	0.64 mi	north	978.34 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 36.5"	0.66 mi	east	0° 13' 09.2"	15.08 mi	north	15.10 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 09:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 40'	North
Longitude:	9° 36'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.65 meters/second, 1593.5 km/hour, 990.2 miles/hour or 860.4 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"	16.50 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.50 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 50.5"	990.08 mi	west	0° 09' 40.3"	11.08 mi	north	989.88 mi
24 hours	10° 35' 04.8"	719.59 mi	east	3° 37' 59.4"	249.76 mi	north	757.19 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
Khartoum	Thu 12:56 PM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Thu 12:56 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	E
Kassala	Thu 12:56 PM	828 km	514 miles	447 nm	ESE
Teseney	Thu 12:56 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	ESE
Hurghada	Thu 11:56 AM	954 km	593 miles	515 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Thu 12:56 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	ENE
Keren	Thu 12:56 PM	1002 km	623 miles	541 nm	ESE
Makkah	Thu 12:56 PM	1065 km	662 miles	575 nm	ENE
Asmara	Thu 12:56 PM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	ESE
Medina	Thu 12:56 PM	1152 km	716 miles	622 nm	ENE