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 08:08:00 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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 48'	North
Longitude:	57° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.75 meters/second, 1539.9 km/hour, 956.8 miles/hour or 831.5 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"	956.50 mi	west	0° 00' 13.9"	0.27 mi	north	956.49 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 51.0"	3.03 mi	east	0° 05' 22.6"	6.17 mi	north	6.87 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 49'	South
Longitude:	80° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.66 meters/second, 1539.6 km/hour, 956.6 miles/hour or 831.3 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' 26.6"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 38.2"	956.50 mi	west	0° 08' 34.2"	9.82 mi	north	956.91 mi
24 hours	12° 52' 53.6"	853.08 mi	east	3° 47' 37.4"	260.85 mi	north	899.58 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
Nizwa	Thu 12:08 PM	17 km	10 miles	9 nm	NNE
Seeb	Thu 12:08 PM	123 km	76 miles	66 nm	NE
Muscat	Thu 12:08 PM	143 km	89 miles	77 nm	NE
Al Ain	Thu 12:08 PM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	NW
Dubai	Thu 12:08 PM	351 km	218 miles	189 nm	NW
Sharjah	Thu 12:08 PM	353 km	219 miles	190 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Thu 12:08 PM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	WNW
Bandar-Abbas *	Thu 12:38 PM	500 km	310 miles	270 nm	NNW
Doha	Thu 11:08 AM	662 km	411 miles	358 nm	WNW
Al Khor	Thu 11:08 AM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	WNW