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 Friday, May 18, 2012 at 09:18:00 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 Friday, May 18, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 41'	North
Longitude:	39° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.90 meters/second, 1572.8 km/hour, 977.3 miles/hour or 849.3 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"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.2"	977.07 mi	west	0° 00' 32.4"	0.62 mi	north	977.04 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 44.7"	0.81 mi	east	0° 12' 49.6"	14.71 mi	north	14.73 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, May 18, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 13'	North
Longitude:	10° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.35 meters/second, 1570.9 km/hour, 976.1 miles/hour or 848.2 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' 33.1"	16.27 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	16.27 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 11.0"	975.94 mi	west	0° 08' 25.2"	9.65 mi	north	975.68 mi
24 hours	10° 53' 12.6"	730.13 mi	east	3° 04' 00.5"	210.89 mi	north	754.89 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
Makkah	Fri 12:18 PM	201 km	125 miles	108 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Fri 12:18 PM	203 km	126 miles	109 nm	N
Port Sudan	Fri 12:18 PM	222 km	138 miles	120 nm	W
Keren	Fri 12:18 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	SSW
Asmara	Fri 12:18 PM	482 km	300 miles	260 nm	S
Medina	Fri 12:18 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	N
Kassala	Fri 12:18 PM	562 km	349 miles	303 nm	SW
Teseney	Fri 12:18 PM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	SSW
Mek'ele	Fri 12:18 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	S
Sana	Fri 12:18 PM	704 km	438 miles	380 nm	SE