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 02:48:00 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 02:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 28'	North
Longitude:	137° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.79 meters/second, 1543.6 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"	958.84 mi	west	0° 00' 17.0"	0.33 mi	north	958.82 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 36.2"	2.78 mi	east	0° 06' 39.3"	7.63 mi	north	8.12 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 02:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 26'	South
Longitude:	47° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.64 meters/second, 1489.1 km/hour, 925.3 miles/hour or 804.1 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' 21.8"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 52.4"	925.03 mi	west	0° 02' 15.5"	2.59 mi	south	924.91 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 09.5"	980.02 mi	east	0° 08' 51.4"	10.16 mi	south	979.58 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
Kagoshima	Mon 11:48 AM	1212 km	753 miles	655 nm	NNW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 12:48 PM	1269 km	788 miles	685 nm	SE
Kumamoto	Mon 11:48 AM	1317 km	818 miles	711 nm	NNW
Matsuyama	Mon 11:48 AM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	NNW
Hamamatsu	Mon 11:48 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	N
Osaka	Mon 11:48 AM	1364 km	847 miles	736 nm	N
Kobe	Mon 11:48 AM	1370 km	851 miles	740 nm	N
Shizuoka	Mon 11:48 AM	1391 km	864 miles	751 nm	N
Himeji	Mon 11:48 AM	1394 km	866 miles	753 nm	N
Kyoto	Mon 11:48 AM	1397 km	868 miles	755 nm	N