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 07:56:00 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 07:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 07'	North
Longitude:	60° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.84 meters/second, 1547.4 km/hour, 961.5 miles/hour or 835.5 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' 54.1"	961.21 mi	west	0° 00' 19.7"	0.38 mi	north	961.19 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 21.6"	2.52 mi	east	0° 07' 44.6"	8.88 mi	north	9.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 07:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 30'	South
Longitude:	165° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.18 meters/second, 1563.0 km/hour, 971.2 miles/hour or 844.0 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' 26.1"	16.19 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.19 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 08.7"	971.03 mi	west	0° 10' 51.1"	12.44 mi	south	970.74 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 36.2"	937.92 mi	east	3° 55' 16.7"	269.64 mi	south	967.78 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
Muscat	Fri 11:56 AM	236 km	147 miles	127 nm	NW
Seeb	Fri 11:56 AM	269 km	167 miles	145 nm	NW
Nizwa	Fri 11:56 AM	288 km	179 miles	156 nm	WNW
Sharjah	Fri 11:56 AM	606 km	377 miles	327 nm	NW
Dubai	Fri 11:56 AM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Fri 11:56 AM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	WNW
Bandar-Abbas *	Fri 12:26 PM	686 km	426 miles	371 nm	NW
Karachi	Fri 12:56 PM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	ENE
Salalah	Fri 11:56 AM	854 km	531 miles	461 nm	SW
Hyderabad	Fri 12:56 PM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	ENE