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 31, 2012 at 08:28:00 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 31, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 59'	North
Longitude:	52° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.24 meters/second, 1548.9 km/hour, 962.4 miles/hour or 836.3 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"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.4"	962.11 mi	west	0° 00' 20.7"	0.40 mi	north	962.09 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 16.1"	2.43 mi	east	0° 08' 07.4"	9.32 mi	north	9.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 57'	South
Longitude:	173° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.04 meters/second, 1591.4 km/hour, 988.8 miles/hour or 859.3 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' 28.1"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 06.1"	988.69 mi	west	0° 12' 13.5"	14.01 mi	south	988.51 mi
24 hours	346° 51' 55.4"	897.56 mi	west	4° 39' 02.8"	319.69 mi	south	946.45 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
Abu Dhabi	Thu 12:28 PM	355 km	221 miles	192 nm	NE
Doha	Thu 11:28 AM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	N
Al Khor	Thu 11:28 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	N
Al-Jamiliyah	Thu 11:28 AM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	NNW
Dubai	Thu 12:28 PM	484 km	301 miles	261 nm	NE
Riffa	Thu 11:28 AM	487 km	302 miles	263 nm	NNW
Manama	Thu 11:28 AM	492 km	306 miles	266 nm	NNW
Sharjah	Thu 12:28 PM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	NE
Dammam	Thu 11:28 AM	530 km	329 miles	286 nm	NNW
Qatif	Thu 11:28 AM	552 km	343 miles	298 nm	NNW