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 10:42:00 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 10:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 43'	North
Longitude:	18° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.02 meters/second, 1540.9 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 832.0 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' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.1"	957.10 mi	west	0° 00' 14.8"	0.28 mi	north	957.09 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 47.2"	2.96 mi	east	0° 05' 43.10"	6.58 mi	north	7.21 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 28'	South
Longitude:	131° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.23 meters/second, 1512.8 km/hour, 940.0 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 24.4"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	north	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 31.4"	939.84 mi	west	0° 06' 15.4"	7.17 mi	north	940.17 mi
24 hours	13° 44' 32.4"	896.39 mi	east	3° 01' 09.5"	207.66 mi	north	927.82 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
Kufra	Wed 12:42 PM	477 km	296 miles	257 nm	ENE
Sabha	Wed 12:42 PM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	NW
Ndjamena	Wed 11:42 AM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Wed 12:42 PM	1261 km	784 miles	681 nm	NNW
Alexandria	Wed 12:42 PM	1443 km	897 miles	779 nm	NE
Cairo	Wed 12:42 PM	1472 km	915 miles	795 nm	NE
Valletta *	Wed 12:42 PM	1522 km	946 miles	822 nm	NNW
Kano	Wed 11:42 AM	1619 km	1006 miles	874 nm	SW
Khartoum	Wed 1:42 PM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	ESE
Athens *	Wed 1:42 PM	1753 km	1090 miles	947 nm	NNE