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 13:46:00 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 Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 13:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 17'	North
Longitude:	27° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.35 meters/second, 1545.7 km/hour, 960.4 miles/hour or 834.6 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' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.9"	960.11 mi	west	0° 00' 18.5"	0.36 mi	north	960.09 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 28.4"	2.64 mi	east	0° 07' 15.6"	8.33 mi	north	8.74 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 13:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 13'	South
Longitude:	124° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.94 meters/second, 1522.6 km/hour, 946.1 miles/hour or 822.1 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' 23.6"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 37.3"	945.82 mi	west	0° 07' 46.6"	8.92 mi	south	945.51 mi
24 hours	14° 51' 07.7"	975.93 mi	east	2° 28' 37.3"	170.39 mi	south	983.53 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
Mindelo	Sat 12:46 PM	643 km	400 miles	347 nm	SSE
Praia	Sat 12:46 PM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	SSE
Nouakchott	Sat 1:46 PM	1266 km	787 miles	684 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sat 1:46 PM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	SE
Banjul	Sat 1:46 PM	1494 km	929 miles	807 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Sat 2:46 PM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sat 1:46 PM	1694 km	1052 miles	914 nm	SE
Azores *	Sat 1:46 PM	1799 km	1118 miles	972 nm	N
Conakry	Sat 1:46 PM	2022 km	1257 miles	1092 nm	SE
Freetown	Sat 1:46 PM	2140 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	SE