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 14:34:00 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 14:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 10'	North
Longitude:	39° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.73 meters/second, 1547.0 km/hour, 961.3 miles/hour or 835.3 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"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.01 mi	north	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.1"	960.96 mi	west	0° 00' 19.6"	0.37 mi	north	960.94 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 23.2"	2.55 mi	east	0° 07' 38.2"	8.76 mi	north	9.12 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 41'	South
Longitude:	98° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.67 meters/second, 1554.0 km/hour, 965.6 miles/hour or 839.1 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' 25.6"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	south	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 33.7"	965.40 mi	west	0° 10' 17.9"	11.80 mi	south	965.09 mi
24 hours	14° 10' 08.4"	948.21 mi	east	3° 38' 52.9"	250.87 mi	south	972.55 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
Praia	Fri 1:34 PM	1847 km	1148 miles	997 nm	ESE
Azores *	Fri 2:34 PM	2108 km	1310 miles	1138 nm	NNE
Cayenne	Fri 11:34 AM	2368 km	1471 miles	1278 nm	SW
Bridgetown	Fri 10:34 AM	2375 km	1476 miles	1282 nm	WSW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Fri 10:34 AM	2428 km	1509 miles	1311 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Fri 10:34 AM	2445 km	1519 miles	1320 nm	WSW
Roseau	Fri 10:34 AM	2447 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	WSW
Dakar	Fri 2:34 PM	2451 km	1523 miles	1323 nm	ESE
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Fri 10:34 AM	2455 km	1525 miles	1326 nm	WSW
Castries	Fri 10:34 AM	2463 km	1530 miles	1330 nm	WSW