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 Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 16:34:00 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 Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 16:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 57'	North
Longitude:	69° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.14 meters/second, 1570.1 km/hour, 975.6 miles/hour or 847.8 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"	16.26 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.9"	975.36 mi	west	0° 00' 31.3"	0.60 mi	north	975.33 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 55.5"	1.00 mi	east	0° 12' 23.0"	14.20 mi	north	14.24 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 16:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 04'	North
Longitude:	84° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.41 meters/second, 1538.7 km/hour, 956.1 miles/hour or 830.8 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' 32.0"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 03.3"	955.87 mi	west	0° 06' 13.5"	7.14 mi	north	955.61 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 44.7"	746.25 mi	east	2° 06' 23.4"	144.90 mi	north	755.63 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
Puerto Plata	Sat 12:34 PM	111 km	69 miles	60 nm	W
Santiago de los Caballeros	Sat 12:34 PM	124 km	77 miles	67 nm	WSW
Santo Domingo	Sat 12:34 PM	168 km	104 miles	91 nm	S
Punta Cana	Sat 12:34 PM	207 km	129 miles	112 nm	SE
Cockburn Town *	Sat 12:34 PM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	NW
Cap-Haïtien *	Sat 12:34 PM	268 km	167 miles	145 nm	W
Port-au-Prince *	Sat 12:34 PM	323 km	201 miles	174 nm	WSW
Gonaïves *	Sat 12:34 PM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	W
Ponce	Sat 12:34 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	ESE
San Juan	Sat 12:34 PM	406 km	252 miles	219 nm	ESE