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 18:46:00 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 Friday, June 1, 2012 at 18:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 11'	North
Longitude:	102° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.66 meters/second, 1546.8 km/hour, 961.1 miles/hour or 835.2 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"	960.80 mi	west	0° 00' 19.4"	0.37 mi	north	960.78 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 24.2"	2.57 mi	east	0° 07' 34.1"	8.68 mi	north	9.05 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 18:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 23'	South
Longitude:	38° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.06 meters/second, 1548.2 km/hour, 962.0 miles/hour or 836.0 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' 25.2"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 11.6"	961.79 mi	west	0° 09' 54.5"	11.36 mi	south	961.47 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 26.3"	954.28 mi	east	3° 27' 36.5"	237.96 mi	south	975.22 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
Aguascalientes *	Fri 1:46 PM	37 km	23 miles	20 nm	S
Fresnillo *	Fri 1:46 PM	125 km	78 miles	68 nm	NNW
Leon *	Fri 1:46 PM	128 km	79 miles	69 nm	SSE
San Luis Potosi *	Fri 1:46 PM	135 km	84 miles	73 nm	E
Guadalajara *	Fri 1:46 PM	201 km	125 miles	108 nm	SSW
Tepic *	Fri 12:46 PM	280 km	174 miles	151 nm	WSW
Puerto Vallarta *	Fri 1:46 PM	352 km	219 miles	190 nm	WSW
Colima *	Fri 1:46 PM	358 km	223 miles	193 nm	SSW
Monterrey *	Fri 1:46 PM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	NNE
Mazatlan *	Fri 12:46 PM	440 km	273 miles	238 nm	WNW