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 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 02:16:00 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 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 02:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 26'	North
Longitude:	144° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.78 meters/second, 1565.2 km/hour, 972.6 miles/hour or 845.1 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"	16.21 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.21 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.0"	972.31 mi	west	0° 00' 29.2"	0.56 mi	north	972.28 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 14.4"	1.34 mi	east	0° 11' 32.9"	13.24 mi	north	13.31 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 02:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	North
Longitude:	157° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.13 meters/second, 1501.7 km/hour, 933.1 miles/hour or 810.8 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' 30.3"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.2"	932.81 mi	west	0° 00' 52.4"	1.00 mi	north	932.76 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 30.7"	765.88 mi	east	0° 07' 37.3"	8.74 mi	south	766.26 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
Saipan	Tue 12:16 PM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 12:16 PM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	S
Hamamatsu	Tue 11:16 AM	1731 km	1075 miles	934 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Tue 11:16 AM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	NNW
Yokohama	Tue 11:16 AM	1741 km	1082 miles	940 nm	NNW
Kawasaki	Tue 11:16 AM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NNW
Sagamihara	Tue 11:16 AM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Tue 11:16 AM	1765 km	1097 miles	953 nm	NNW
Melekeok	Tue 11:16 AM	1810 km	1124 miles	977 nm	SW
Nagoya	Tue 11:16 AM	1810 km	1124 miles	977 nm	NNW