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 01:44:00 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 01:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 13'	North
Longitude:	153° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.55 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"	960.54 mi	west	0° 00' 19.0"	0.37 mi	north	960.53 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 25.7"	2.59 mi	east	0° 07' 27.3"	8.55 mi	north	8.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 01:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 30'	South
Longitude:	62° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.39 meters/second, 1538.6 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.8 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' 24.5"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 35.5"	955.79 mi	west	0° 09' 11.7"	10.54 mi	south	955.47 mi
24 hours	14° 31' 30.2"	963.43 mi	east	3° 07' 26.2"	214.86 mi	south	979.01 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 11:44 AM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sat 1:44 PM	1435 km	891 miles	775 nm	E
Palikir	Sat 12:44 PM	1774 km	1103 miles	958 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Sat 10:44 AM	1972 km	1225 miles	1065 nm	NW
Kawasaki	Sat 10:44 AM	1974 km	1227 miles	1066 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sat 10:44 AM	1988 km	1235 miles	1073 nm	NW
Nagoya	Sat 10:44 AM	2139 km	1329 miles	1155 nm	NW
Osaka	Sat 10:44 AM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	NW
Kyoto	Sat 10:44 AM	2213 km	1375 miles	1195 nm	NW
Kobe	Sat 10:44 AM	2238 km	1390 miles	1208 nm	NW