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 09:46:00 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 09:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 60'	North
Longitude:	32° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.22 meters/second, 1548.8 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"	962.06 mi	west	0° 00' 20.6"	0.40 mi	north	962.04 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 16.5"	2.43 mi	east	0° 08' 06.0"	9.29 mi	north	9.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 09:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 13'	South
Longitude:	154° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.67 meters/second, 1590.0 km/hour, 988.0 miles/hour or 858.5 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' 27.9"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	south	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 00.0"	987.84 mi	west	0° 12' 10.4"	13.95 mi	south	987.66 mi
24 hours	13° 10' 41.1"	899.86 mi	east	4° 37' 12.0"	317.58 mi	south	947.78 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
Port Sudan	Thu 12:46 PM	542 km	337 miles	293 nm	ESE
Hurghada	Thu 11:46 AM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	N
Jeddah	Thu 12:46 PM	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	E
Khartoum	Thu 12:46 PM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	S
Makkah	Thu 12:46 PM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	E
Medina	Thu 12:46 PM	762 km	474 miles	411 nm	ENE
Kassala	Thu 12:46 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	SSE
Teseney	Thu 12:46 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	SSE
Al Jizah	Thu 11:46 AM	900 km	559 miles	486 nm	N
Cairo	Thu 11:46 AM	903 km	561 miles	487 nm	N