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 08:46:00 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 08:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 36'	North
Longitude:	47° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.36 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"	957.88 mi	west	0° 00' 15.9"	0.30 mi	north	957.86 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 42.3"	2.88 mi	east	0° 06' 09.8"	7.07 mi	north	7.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 08:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 23'	South
Longitude:	118° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.12 meters/second, 1490.8 km/hour, 926.4 miles/hour or 805.0 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' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 33.3"	926.12 mi	west	0° 02' 36.4"	2.99 mi	north	926.26 mi
24 hours	14° 39' 45.5"	944.58 mi	east	1° 43' 06.4"	118.23 mi	north	957.29 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
Riyadh	Tue 11:46 AM	254 km	158 miles	137 nm	NNW
Al-Jamiliyah	Tue 11:46 AM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	NE
Riffa	Tue 11:46 AM	477 km	296 miles	257 nm	NE
Doha	Tue 11:46 AM	477 km	296 miles	257 nm	NE
Dammam	Tue 11:46 AM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	NNE
Manama	Tue 11:46 AM	486 km	302 miles	262 nm	NE
Qatif	Tue 11:46 AM	490 km	304 miles	264 nm	NNE
Al Khor	Tue 11:46 AM	503 km	313 miles	272 nm	NE
Abu Dhabi	Tue 12:46 PM	696 km	433 miles	376 nm	ENE
Kuwait City	Tue 11:46 AM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	N