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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 01:46:00 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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 01:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 21'	North
Longitude:	152° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.17 meters/second, 1545.0 km/hour, 960.0 miles/hour or 834.2 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"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.8"	959.69 mi	west	0° 00' 18.0"	0.35 mi	north	959.67 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 31.0"	2.69 mi	east	0° 07' 03.9"	8.10 mi	north	8.54 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 01:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 38'	South
Longitude:	48° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.00 meters/second, 1508.4 km/hour, 937.3 miles/hour or 814.5 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' 22.7"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 48.2"	937.00 mi	west	0° 06' 08.9"	7.05 mi	south	936.72 mi
24 hours	15° 05' 30.6"	983.35 mi	east	1° 45' 44.3"	121.24 mi	south	985.27 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)	Sun 11:46 AM	1297 km	806 miles	700 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sun 1:46 PM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	E
Palikir	Sun 12:46 PM	1803 km	1120 miles	973 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Sun 10:46 AM	1932 km	1200 miles	1043 nm	NW
Kawasaki	Sun 10:46 AM	1934 km	1202 miles	1044 nm	NW
Tokyo	Sun 10:46 AM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	NW
Sagamihara	Sun 10:46 AM	1959 km	1217 miles	1058 nm	NW
Shizuoka	Sun 10:46 AM	1980 km	1230 miles	1069 nm	NW
Nagoya	Sun 10:46 AM	2096 km	1302 miles	1132 nm	NW
Osaka	Sun 10:46 AM	2167 km	1347 miles	1170 nm	NW