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 08:08:00 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 08:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 36'	North
Longitude:	57° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.37 meters/second, 1542.1 km/hour, 958.2 miles/hour or 832.7 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' 53.2"	957.90 mi	west	0° 00' 15.9"	0.30 mi	north	957.88 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 42.0"	2.88 mi	east	0° 06' 10.3"	7.08 mi	north	7.64 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 24'	South
Longitude:	109° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.03 meters/second, 1490.5 km/hour, 926.2 miles/hour or 804.8 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' 22.5"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 31.3"	925.92 mi	west	0° 02' 30.4"	2.88 mi	north	926.05 mi
24 hours	14° 40' 52.5"	945.61 mi	east	1° 40' 56.1"	115.74 mi	north	957.91 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
Nizwa	Tue 12:08 PM	41 km	25 miles	22 nm	NNE
Seeb	Tue 12:08 PM	146 km	91 miles	79 nm	NE
Muscat	Tue 12:08 PM	165 km	102 miles	89 nm	NE
Al Ain	Tue 12:08 PM	241 km	150 miles	130 nm	NW
Dubai	Tue 12:08 PM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	NW
Sharjah	Tue 12:08 PM	366 km	227 miles	197 nm	NNW
Abu Dhabi	Tue 12:08 PM	367 km	228 miles	198 nm	NW
Bandar-Abbas *	Tue 12:38 PM	519 km	322 miles	280 nm	NNW
Doha	Tue 11:08 AM	664 km	412 miles	358 nm	WNW
Al Khor	Tue 11:08 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	WNW