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 21:28:00 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 21:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 12'	North
Longitude:	142° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.62 meters/second, 1546.6 km/hour, 961.0 miles/hour or 835.1 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' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.0"	960.70 mi	west	0° 00' 19.2"	0.37 mi	north	960.68 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 24.7"	2.58 mi	east	0° 07' 31.5"	8.63 mi	north	9.01 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 21:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 50'	South
Longitude:	0° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.02 meters/second, 1544.5 km/hour, 959.7 miles/hour or 833.9 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' 25.0"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	south	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 57.5"	959.46 mi	west	0° 09' 38.5"	11.05 mi	south	959.14 mi
24 hours	14° 23' 37.0"	957.97 mi	east	3° 20' 00.2"	229.26 mi	south	976.79 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
Honolulu	Fri 11:28 AM	1562 km	970 miles	843 nm	W
San Francisco *	Fri 2:28 PM	2603 km	1618 miles	1406 nm	NE
San Jose *	Fri 2:28 PM	2616 km	1625 miles	1412 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 2:28 PM	2734 km	1699 miles	1476 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sat 11:28 AM	2746 km	1706 miles	1483 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Fri 2:28 PM	3083 km	1916 miles	1665 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 2:28 PM	3257 km	2024 miles	1758 nm	ENE
Hermosillo	Fri 2:28 PM	3274 km	2034 miles	1768 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Fri 2:28 PM	3360 km	2088 miles	1814 nm	NNE
Vancouver *	Fri 2:28 PM	3469 km	2155 miles	1873 nm	NNE