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 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 06:08:00 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 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 42'	North
Longitude:	87° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.08 meters/second, 1541.1 km/hour, 957.6 miles/hour or 832.1 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"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.00 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.2"	957.24 mi	west	0° 00' 15.0"	0.29 mi	north	957.22 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 46.3"	2.95 mi	east	0° 05' 48.5"	6.66 mi	north	7.29 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 06:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 55'	South
Longitude:	65° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.86 meters/second, 1507.9 km/hour, 937.0 miles/hour or 814.2 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' 24.1"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 06.8"	936.76 mi	west	0° 05' 40.6"	6.51 mi	north	937.06 mi
24 hours	13° 55' 14.6"	905.48 mi	east	2° 49' 05.5"	193.84 mi	north	933.49 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
Panskura	Wed 11:38 AM	43 km	27 miles	23 nm	SE
Midnapore	Wed 11:38 AM	55 km	34 miles	30 nm	SSE
Tamluk	Wed 11:38 AM	69 km	43 miles	37 nm	SE
Bankura	Wed 11:38 AM	70 km	44 miles	38 nm	NNW
Bardhaman	Wed 11:38 AM	76 km	47 miles	41 nm	NE
Kharagpur	Wed 11:38 AM	81 km	50 miles	44 nm	SSW
Hugli-Chuchura	Wed 11:38 AM	87 km	54 miles	47 nm	E
Durgapur	Wed 11:38 AM	89 km	55 miles	48 nm	N
Howrah	Wed 11:38 AM	95 km	59 miles	51 nm	E
Rishra	Wed 11:38 AM	97 km	60 miles	52 nm	E