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 29, 2012 at 01:22:00 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 29, 2012 at 01:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 39'	North
Longitude:	158° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.25 meters/second, 1552.5 km/hour, 964.7 miles/hour or 838.3 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° 14' 59.9"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.0"	964.37 mi	west	0° 00' 23.0"	0.44 mi	north	964.35 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 02.4"	2.19 mi	east	0° 08' 59.9"	10.32 mi	north	10.55 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 01:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 39'	North
Longitude:	107° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.48 meters/second, 1614.5 km/hour, 1003.2 miles/hour or 871.8 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' 30.9"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 01.6"	1003.16 mi	west	0° 12' 24.7"	14.22 mi	south	1003.34 mi
24 hours	11° 44' 55.7"	811.86 mi	east	5° 03' 22.2"	347.43 mi	south	883.63 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
Wake Island	Tue 1:22 PM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	ESE
Palikir	Tue 12:22 PM	1631 km	1014 miles	881 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 11:22 AM	1723 km	1071 miles	930 nm	WSW
Majuro	Tue 1:22 PM	2102 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	SE
Yokohama	Tue 10:22 AM	2394 km	1487 miles	1292 nm	NW
Tokyo	Tue 10:22 AM	2406 km	1495 miles	1299 nm	NW
Midway	Mon 2:22 PM	2530 km	1572 miles	1366 nm	ENE
Nagoya	Tue 10:22 AM	2588 km	1608 miles	1397 nm	NW
Yaren	Tue 1:22 PM	2617 km	1626 miles	1413 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Tue 1:22 PM	2731 km	1697 miles	1475 nm	SE