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 09:34:00 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 09:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 08'	North
Longitude:	35° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.81 meters/second, 1547.3 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"	961.14 mi	west	0° 00' 19.7"	0.38 mi	north	961.12 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 22.0"	2.53 mi	east	0° 07' 43.0"	8.85 mi	north	9.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 09:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 48'	South
Longitude:	170° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.57 meters/second, 1560.8 km/hour, 969.9 miles/hour or 842.8 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' 25.9"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 00.0"	969.66 mi	west	0° 10' 43.4"	12.29 mi	south	969.36 mi
24 hours	346° 00' 01.5"	940.53 mi	west	3° 51' 24.2"	265.20 mi	south	969.01 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	Fri 12:34 PM	320 km	199 miles	173 nm	SSE
Jeddah	Fri 12:34 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	E
Makkah	Fri 12:34 PM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	E
Medina	Fri 12:34 PM	477 km	296 miles	257 nm	NE
Hurghada	Fri 11:34 AM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	NNW
Kassala	Fri 12:34 PM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	S
Keren	Fri 12:34 PM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	SSE
Teseney	Fri 12:34 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	S
Khartoum	Fri 12:34 PM	796 km	494 miles	430 nm	SSW
Asmara	Fri 12:34 PM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	SSE