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 Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 01:14:00 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 Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 01:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 13'	North
Longitude:	160° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.56 meters/second, 1546.4 km/hour, 960.9 miles/hour or 835.0 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' 53.9"	960.56 mi	west	0° 00' 19.0"	0.37 mi	north	960.54 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 25.5"	2.59 mi	east	0° 07' 27.8"	8.56 mi	north	8.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 01:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 26'	South
Longitude:	54° 60'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.58 meters/second, 1539.3 km/hour, 956.5 miles/hour or 831.1 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' 24.6"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 38.0"	956.22 mi	west	0° 09' 15.0"	10.60 mi	south	955.90 mi
24 hours	14° 30' 36.0"	962.82 mi	east	3° 08' 56.5"	216.59 mi	south	978.77 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
Wake Island	Sat 1:14 PM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	ESE
Palikir	Sat 12:14 PM	1715 km	1066 miles	926 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 11:14 AM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	WSW
Majuro	Sat 1:14 PM	2011 km	1249 miles	1086 nm	SE
Midway	Fri 2:14 PM	2301 km	1430 miles	1243 nm	ENE
Yokohama	Sat 10:14 AM	2517 km	1564 miles	1359 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 10:14 AM	2527 km	1570 miles	1364 nm	NW
Yaren	Sat 1:14 PM	2605 km	1619 miles	1407 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Sat 1:14 PM	2657 km	1651 miles	1435 nm	SSE
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Sat 12:14 PM	3185 km	1979 miles	1720 nm	NNW