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 19:08:00 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 19:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 45'	North
Longitude:	107° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.91 meters/second, 1540.5 km/hour, 957.2 miles/hour or 831.8 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.1"	956.86 mi	west	0° 00' 14.5"	0.28 mi	north	956.85 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 48.6"	2.99 mi	east	0° 05' 35.6"	6.41 mi	north	7.08 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 19:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 31'	South
Longitude:	106° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.00 meters/second, 1522.8 km/hour, 946.2 miles/hour or 822.2 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' 25.2"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 19.8"	946.05 mi	west	0° 07' 14.9"	8.31 mi	north	946.42 mi
24 hours	13° 24' 17.1"	879.34 mi	east	3° 21' 26.6"	230.89 mi	north	916.96 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
Mazatlan *	Wed 1:08 PM	129 km	80 miles	70 nm	ENE
Culiacán *	Wed 1:08 PM	229 km	142 miles	123 nm	N
Cabo San Lucas *	Wed 1:08 PM	241 km	150 miles	130 nm	W
Tepic *	Wed 1:08 PM	309 km	192 miles	167 nm	ESE
Puerto Vallarta *	Wed 2:08 PM	339 km	210 miles	183 nm	SE
Fresnillo *	Wed 2:08 PM	485 km	301 miles	262 nm	E
Guadalajara *	Wed 2:08 PM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	ESE
Aguascalientes *	Wed 2:08 PM	552 km	343 miles	298 nm	E
Colima *	Wed 2:08 PM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SE
Leon *	Wed 2:08 PM	631 km	392 miles	341 nm	ESE