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 Monday, June 4, 2012 at 01:04:00 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 Monday, June 4, 2012 at 01:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 27'	North
Longitude:	163° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.81 meters/second, 1543.7 km/hour, 959.2 miles/hour or 833.5 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"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.6"	958.89 mi	west	0° 00' 17.1"	0.33 mi	north	958.88 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 35.9"	2.77 mi	east	0° 06' 41.0"	7.67 mi	north	8.15 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 01:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 22'	South
Longitude:	23° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.86 meters/second, 1489.9 km/hour, 925.8 miles/hour or 804.5 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' 21.8"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 53.8"	925.50 mi	west	0° 02' 32.5"	2.91 mi	south	925.37 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 42.1"	981.09 mi	east	0° 15' 40.0"	17.97 mi	south	980.38 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	Mon 1:04 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	SE
Palikir	Mon 12:04 PM	1806 km	1122 miles	975 nm	SSW
Majuro	Mon 1:04 PM	1894 km	1177 miles	1023 nm	SSE
Midway	Sun 2:04 PM	2044 km	1270 miles	1104 nm	ENE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 11:04 AM	2199 km	1367 miles	1188 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Mon 1:04 PM	2553 km	1587 miles	1379 nm	SSE
Yaren	Mon 1:04 PM	2573 km	1599 miles	1390 nm	S
Tokyo	Mon 10:04 AM	2715 km	1687 miles	1466 nm	NW
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Mon 12:04 PM	3285 km	2041 miles	1774 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Sun 1:04 PM	3296 km	2048 miles	1780 nm	SE