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 24, 2012 at 02:36:00 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 24, 2012 at 02:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	North
Longitude:	139° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.69 meters/second, 1561.3 km/hour, 970.1 miles/hour or 843.0 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° 14' 59.9"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.4"	969.86 mi	west	0° 00' 27.5"	0.53 mi	north	969.84 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 29.3"	1.61 mi	east	0° 10' 49.8"	12.42 mi	north	12.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 02:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 22'	North
Longitude:	176° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.65 meters/second, 1514.4 km/hour, 941.0 miles/hour or 817.7 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' 30.2"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	south	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 17.8"	940.73 mi	west	0° 04' 07.1"	4.72 mi	south	940.95 mi
24 hours	348° 11' 10.2"	766.28 mi	west	2° 05' 48.1"	144.23 mi	south	784.65 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	Thu 12:36 PM	875 km	544 miles	473 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 12:36 PM	961 km	597 miles	519 nm	SSE
Hamamatsu	Thu 11:36 AM	1554 km	966 miles	839 nm	N
Shizuoka	Thu 11:36 AM	1576 km	979 miles	851 nm	N
Melekeok	Thu 11:36 AM	1581 km	982 miles	854 nm	SSW
Osaka	Thu 11:36 AM	1595 km	991 miles	861 nm	NNW
Kobe	Thu 11:36 AM	1606 km	998 miles	867 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Thu 11:36 AM	1612 km	1002 miles	870 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Thu 11:36 AM	1617 km	1005 miles	873 nm	N
Yokohama	Thu 11:36 AM	1621 km	1008 miles	876 nm	N