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

Partial Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the Jun 4, 2012 Partial Lunar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, June 4, 2012 at 10:44:00 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 10:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 30'	North
Longitude:	18° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.67 meters/second, 1543.2 km/hour, 958.9 miles/hour or 833.3 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"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.4"	958.58 mi	west	0° 00' 16.8"	0.32 mi	north	958.56 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 37.8"	2.80 mi	east	0° 06' 31.5"	7.48 mi	north	7.99 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 10:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 40'	South
Longitude:	161° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.00 meters/second, 1486.8 km/hour, 923.9 miles/hour or 802.8 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"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 51.3"	923.59 mi	west	0° 00' 57.1"	1.09 mi	south	923.54 mi
24 hours	15° 08' 35.8"	973.64 mi	east	0° 22' 06.0"	25.35 mi	north	975.20 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
Kufra	Mon 12:44 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	ENE
Sabha	Mon 12:44 PM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	NW
Ndjamena	Mon 11:44 AM	1201 km	747 miles	649 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Mon 12:44 PM	1258 km	782 miles	679 nm	NNW
Alexandria	Mon 12:44 PM	1503 km	934 miles	812 nm	NE
Valletta *	Mon 12:44 PM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	NNW
Cairo	Mon 12:44 PM	1535 km	954 miles	829 nm	NE
Kano	Mon 11:44 AM	1560 km	970 miles	843 nm	SW
Khartoum	Mon 1:44 PM	1678 km	1043 miles	906 nm	ESE
Tunis	Mon 11:44 AM	1767 km	1098 miles	954 nm	NNW