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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 04:32:00 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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 04:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 47'	North
Longitude:	111° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.79 meters/second, 1540.1 km/hour, 956.9 miles/hour or 831.6 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' 52.9"	956.60 mi	west	0° 00' 14.0"	0.27 mi	north	956.59 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 50.4"	3.02 mi	east	0° 05' 26.2"	6.23 mi	north	6.93 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 04:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 19'	South
Longitude:	28° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.34 meters/second, 1534.8 km/hour, 953.7 miles/hour or 828.7 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' 26.2"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 16.3"	953.54 mi	west	0° 08' 13.7"	9.43 mi	north	953.94 mi
24 hours	13° 01' 31.6"	860.29 mi	east	3° 40' 59.0"	253.25 mi	north	904.45 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
Foshan	Thu 12:32 PM	174 km	108 miles	94 nm	E
Guangzhou	Thu 12:32 PM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	ENE
Macau	Thu 12:32 PM	225 km	140 miles	122 nm	ESE
Shenzhen	Thu 12:32 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	E
Hong Kong	Thu 12:32 PM	286 km	178 miles	154 nm	E
Kowloon	Thu 12:32 PM	293 km	182 miles	158 nm	E
Guilin	Thu 12:32 PM	300 km	186 miles	162 nm	NNW
Nanning	Thu 12:32 PM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	W
Haikou	Thu 12:32 PM	325 km	202 miles	175 nm	SSW
Hai Phong	Thu 11:32 AM	537 km	334 miles	290 nm	WSW