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 04:06:00 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 04:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 14'	North
Longitude:	117° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.51 meters/second, 1546.2 km/hour, 960.8 miles/hour or 834.9 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"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.01 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.9"	960.46 mi	west	0° 00' 19.0"	0.36 mi	north	960.44 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 26.3"	2.60 mi	east	0° 07' 25.1"	8.51 mi	north	8.90 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 04:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 52'	South
Longitude:	96° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.49 meters/second, 1535.4 km/hour, 954.0 miles/hour or 829.0 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' 24.3"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 23.6"	953.78 mi	west	0° 08' 56.0"	10.24 mi	south	953.46 mi
24 hours	14° 35' 41.7"	966.24 mi	east	3° 00' 11.0"	206.55 mi	south	980.11 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
Shantou	Sat 12:06 PM	165 km	103 miles	89 nm	NW
Xiamen	Sat 12:06 PM	249 km	155 miles	134 nm	N
Kaohsiung	Sat 12:06 PM	294 km	183 miles	159 nm	ENE
Kowloon	Sat 12:06 PM	359 km	223 miles	194 nm	W
Shenzhen	Sat 12:06 PM	364 km	226 miles	197 nm	W
Hong Kong	Sat 12:06 PM	366 km	227 miles	198 nm	W
Taichung	Sat 12:06 PM	368 km	229 miles	199 nm	NE
Macau	Sat 12:06 PM	432 km	268 miles	233 nm	W
Foochow	Sat 12:06 PM	450 km	280 miles	243 nm	NNE
Guangzhou	Sat 12:06 PM	469 km	292 miles	253 nm	WNW