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 05:20:00 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 05:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 35'	North
Longitude:	99° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.41 meters/second, 1542.3 km/hour, 958.3 miles/hour or 832.8 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"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.3"	957.98 mi	west	0° 00' 16.0"	0.31 mi	north	957.97 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 41.5"	2.87 mi	east	0° 06' 13.1"	7.13 mi	north	7.69 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 31'	South
Longitude:	69° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.67 meters/second, 1489.2 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' 22.3"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 22.6"	925.11 mi	west	0° 02' 04.1"	2.37 mi	north	925.22 mi
24 hours	14° 45' 37.9"	950.04 mi	east	1° 31' 11.6"	104.57 mi	north	960.58 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
Mandalay	Tue 11:50 AM	345 km	214 miles	186 nm	W
Luang Prabang	Tue 12:20 PM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	SE
Chiang Mai	Tue 12:20 PM	422 km	262 miles	228 nm	S
Kunming	Tue 1:20 PM	436 km	271 miles	235 nm	NE
Naypyidaw	Tue 11:50 AM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	SW
Vientiane	Tue 12:20 PM	614 km	382 miles	332 nm	SE
Udon Thani	Tue 12:20 PM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	SSE
Hanoi	Tue 12:20 PM	693 km	431 miles	374 nm	ESE
Yangon	Tue 11:50 AM	727 km	452 miles	392 nm	SSW
Khon Kaen	Tue 12:20 PM	773 km	480 miles	417 nm	SSE