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 21:54:00 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 21:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 46'	North
Longitude:	149° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.87 meters/second, 1540.3 km/hour, 957.1 miles/hour or 831.7 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.0"	956.78 mi	west	0° 00' 14.3"	0.27 mi	north	956.77 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 49.2"	3.00 mi	east	0° 05' 32.8"	6.36 mi	north	7.03 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 21:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 11'	South
Longitude:	66° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.96 meters/second, 1526.2 km/hour, 948.4 miles/hour or 824.1 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' 25.5"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 36.3"	948.20 mi	west	0° 07' 33.1"	8.66 mi	north	948.58 mi
24 hours	13° 17' 34.6"	873.72 mi	east	3° 27' 31.7"	237.86 mi	north	913.31 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
Honolulu	Wed 11:54 AM	921 km	572 miles	497 nm	W
Kiritimati	Thu 11:54 AM	2478 km	1540 miles	1338 nm	SSW
Midway	Wed 10:54 AM	2902 km	1804 miles	1567 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Wed 2:54 PM	3038 km	1888 miles	1640 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Wed 2:54 PM	3252 km	2021 miles	1756 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Wed 2:54 PM	3583 km	2227 miles	1935 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Wed 2:54 PM	3641 km	2263 miles	1966 nm	NE
Vancouver *	Wed 2:54 PM	3721 km	2312 miles	2009 nm	NNE
Unalaska *	Wed 1:54 PM	3757 km	2335 miles	2029 nm	NNW
Phoenix	Wed 2:54 PM	3800 km	2361 miles	2052 nm	ENE