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 Friday, June 1, 2012 at 01:44:00 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 Friday, June 1, 2012 at 01:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 05'	North
Longitude:	153° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.95 meters/second, 1547.8 km/hour, 961.8 miles/hour or 835.7 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"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.3"	961.44 mi	west	0° 00' 20.0"	0.38 mi	north	961.42 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 20.2"	2.50 mi	east	0° 07' 50.7"	9.00 mi	north	9.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 01:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 21'	South
Longitude:	75° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.44 meters/second, 1571.2 km/hour, 976.3 miles/hour or 848.4 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' 26.6"	16.27 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.27 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 40.9"	976.11 mi	west	0° 11' 18.3"	12.95 mi	south	975.84 mi
24 hours	13° 43' 41.4"	927.70 mi	east	4° 09' 00.1"	285.34 mi	south	962.77 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 11:44 AM	1306 km	812 miles	705 nm	SW
Wake Island	Fri 1:44 PM	1436 km	892 miles	775 nm	E
Palikir	Fri 12:44 PM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Fri 10:44 AM	1981 km	1231 miles	1070 nm	NW
Kawasaki	Fri 10:44 AM	1983 km	1232 miles	1071 nm	NW
Tokyo	Fri 10:44 AM	1997 km	1241 miles	1078 nm	NW
Nagoya	Fri 10:44 AM	2146 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	NW
Osaka	Fri 10:44 AM	2218 km	1378 miles	1198 nm	NW
Kyoto	Fri 10:44 AM	2221 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	NW
Kobe	Fri 10:44 AM	2245 km	1395 miles	1212 nm	NW