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

Annular Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the May 20 – May 21, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.
• At the moment, the Annular phase of the eclipse is visible to anyone within the dark blue area surrounded by a red area on the map (red lines)
• The area under red lines are very close to see the same - but they see a partial eclipse

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, May 21, 2012 at 01:06:00 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 Monday, May 21, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 14'	North
Longitude:	162° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.37 meters/second, 1567.3 km/hour, 973.9 miles/hour or 846.3 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"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.3"	973.62 mi	west	0° 00' 30.1"	0.58 mi	north	973.59 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 06.3"	1.20 mi	east	0° 11' 55.0"	13.66 mi	north	13.72 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, May 21, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 43'	North
Longitude:	162° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.00 meters/second, 1512.0 km/hour, 939.5 miles/hour or 816.4 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' 30.8"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.07 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 56.0"	939.24 mi	west	0° 03' 22.3"	3.87 mi	north	939.07 mi
24 hours	11° 44' 38.3"	759.99 mi	east	0° 53' 55.9"	61.84 mi	north	760.23 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
Wake Island	Mon 1:06 PM	460 km	286 miles	248 nm	ESE
Palikir	Mon 12:06 PM	1542 km	958 miles	832 nm	SSW
Majuro	Mon 1:06 PM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 11:06 AM	2019 km	1255 miles	1090 nm	WSW
Midway	Sun 2:06 PM	2235 km	1389 miles	1207 nm	ENE
Yaren	Mon 1:06 PM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Mon 1:06 PM	2381 km	1479 miles	1286 nm	SSE
Tokyo	Mon 10:06 AM	2801 km	1740 miles	1512 nm	NW
Baker Island	Sun 1:06 PM	3197 km	1986 miles	1726 nm	SE
Honiara	Mon 12:06 PM	3292 km	2045 miles	1777 nm	S