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 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 07:44:00 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 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 07:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 51'	North
Longitude:	63° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.69 meters/second, 1550.5 km/hour, 963.4 miles/hour or 837.2 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"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.6"	963.10 mi	west	0° 00' 21.7"	0.42 mi	north	963.08 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 10.2"	2.32 mi	east	0° 08' 31.1"	9.77 mi	north	10.04 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 46'	South
Longitude:	171° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.35 meters/second, 1610.5 km/hour, 1000.7 miles/hour or 869.6 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' 29.7"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 12.7"	0.24 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 45.6"	1000.61 mi	west	0° 12' 46.2"	14.63 mi	south	1000.59 mi
24 hours	347° 36' 48.3"	855.00 mi	west	5° 02' 11.7"	346.12 mi	south	919.10 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
Muscat	Wed 11:44 AM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	WNW
Karachi	Wed 12:44 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	NE
Seeb	Wed 11:44 AM	546 km	340 miles	295 nm	WNW
Nizwa	Wed 11:44 AM	588 km	365 miles	318 nm	WNW
Hyderabad	Wed 12:44 PM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	NE
Dubai	Wed 11:44 AM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	WNW
Bandar-Abbas *	Wed 12:14 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Wed 11:44 AM	940 km	584 miles	508 nm	WNW
Ahmedabad	Wed 1:14 PM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	E
Surat	Wed 1:14 PM	1016 km	631 miles	549 nm	E