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 16:44:00 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 16:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 54'	North
Longitude:	71° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.52 meters/second, 1549.9 km/hour, 963.1 miles/hour or 836.9 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"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.5"	962.74 mi	west	0° 00' 21.3"	0.41 mi	north	962.72 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 12.3"	2.36 mi	east	0° 08' 22.5"	9.60 mi	north	9.89 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 16:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 40'	South
Longitude:	41° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.85 meters/second, 1605.1 km/hour, 997.3 miles/hour or 866.7 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' 29.1"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 12.6"	0.24 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 13.1"	997.24 mi	west	0° 12' 40.2"	14.51 mi	south	997.16 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 19.0"	870.01 mi	east	4° 56' 19.3"	339.42 mi	south	929.41 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
Cockburn Town *	Wed 12:44 PM	90 km	56 miles	48 nm	ESE
Labadee *	Wed 12:44 PM	237 km	147 miles	128 nm	S
Cap-Haïtien *	Wed 12:44 PM	239 km	149 miles	129 nm	S
Puerto Plata	Wed 12:44 PM	263 km	163 miles	142 nm	SSE
Gonaïves *	Wed 12:44 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	SSW
Santiago de los Caballeros	Wed 12:44 PM	296 km	184 miles	160 nm	SSE
Port-au-Prince *	Wed 12:44 PM	376 km	233 miles	203 nm	S
Santo Domingo	Wed 12:44 PM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	SSE
Santiago de Cuba *	Wed 12:44 PM	461 km	287 miles	249 nm	WSW
Holguín *	Wed 12:44 PM	469 km	292 miles	253 nm	WSW