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 Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 00:48:00 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 Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 00:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 34'	North
Longitude:	167° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.47 meters/second, 1542.5 km/hour, 958.5 miles/hour or 832.9 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' 53.3"	958.13 mi	west	0° 00' 16.1"	0.31 mi	north	958.11 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 40.6"	2.85 mi	east	0° 06' 17.6"	7.22 mi	north	7.76 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 00:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	South
Longitude:	3° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.23 meters/second, 1487.6 km/hour, 924.4 miles/hour or 803.2 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' 22.1"	15.41 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.41 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 10.9"	924.11 mi	west	0° 01' 20.7"	1.54 mi	north	924.19 mi
24 hours	14° 52' 40.4"	956.77 mi	east	1° 15' 00.1"	86.00 mi	north	964.67 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	Tue 12:48 PM	371 km	230 miles	200 nm	SSW
Midway	Mon 1:48 PM	1658 km	1030 miles	895 nm	ENE
Majuro	Tue 12:48 PM	1755 km	1091 miles	948 nm	SSE
Palikir	Tue 11:48 AM	1992 km	1238 miles	1076 nm	SSW
Tarawa	Tue 12:48 PM	2419 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	SSE
Yaren	Tue 12:48 PM	2556 km	1588 miles	1380 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 10:48 AM	2591 km	1610 miles	1399 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Mon 12:48 PM	3033 km	1884 miles	1638 nm	SE
Tokyo	Tue 9:48 AM	3044 km	1891 miles	1643 nm	NW
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Tue 11:48 AM	3490 km	2169 miles	1885 nm	NNW