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 Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 02:58:00 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 Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 02:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 21'	North
Longitude:	134° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.16 meters/second, 1555.8 km/hour, 966.7 miles/hour or 840.1 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° 14' 59.9"	16.11 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.4"	966.42 mi	west	0° 00' 24.7"	0.47 mi	north	966.40 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 50.1"	1.97 mi	east	0° 09' 43.5"	11.15 mi	north	11.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 02:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 30'	North
Longitude:	153° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.18 meters/second, 1584.6 km/hour, 984.7 miles/hour or 855.6 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' 31.3"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.19 mi	south	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 25.3"	984.55 mi	west	0° 10' 14.2"	11.73 mi	south	984.92 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 04.9"	774.05 mi	east	4° 21' 52.7"	299.99 mi	south	835.01 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
Kagoshima	Sun 11:58 AM	1201 km	746 miles	649 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Sun 11:58 AM	1324 km	823 miles	715 nm	NNW
Taipei	Sun 10:58 AM	1392 km	865 miles	752 nm	WNW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sun 12:58 PM	1392 km	865 miles	752 nm	SE
Matsuyama	Sun 11:58 AM	1395 km	867 miles	753 nm	N
Fukuoka	Sun 11:58 AM	1424 km	885 miles	769 nm	NNW
Kitakyushu	Sun 11:58 AM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	NNW
Osaka	Sun 11:58 AM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	N
Kobe	Sun 11:58 AM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	N
Hamamatsu	Sun 11:58 AM	1514 km	941 miles	818 nm	NNE