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 12:42:00 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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 12:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 49'	North
Longitude:	11° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.69 meters/second, 1539.7 km/hour, 956.7 miles/hour or 831.4 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"	956.38 mi	west	0° 00' 13.7"	0.26 mi	north	956.36 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 51.8"	3.04 mi	east	0° 05' 18.0"	6.08 mi	north	6.80 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 12:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 09'	South
Longitude:	146° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.35 meters/second, 1545.7 km/hour, 960.4 miles/hour or 834.6 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' 27.0"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 06.2"	960.30 mi	west	0° 08' 58.1"	10.28 mi	north	960.72 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 05.0"	844.03 mi	east	3° 55' 23.1"	269.73 mi	north	893.38 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
Smara *	Thu 1:42 PM	439 km	273 miles	237 nm	N
Dakhla *	Thu 1:42 PM	511 km	317 miles	276 nm	WNW
El Aaiún *	Thu 1:42 PM	527 km	328 miles	285 nm	NNW
Nouadhibou	Thu 12:42 PM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	WSW
Nouakchott	Thu 12:42 PM	735 km	457 miles	397 nm	SW
Las Palmas (ES-Canary) *	Thu 1:42 PM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	NW
Agadir *	Thu 1:42 PM	855 km	531 miles	462 nm	N
Rosso	Thu 12:42 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	SW
Touba	Thu 12:42 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	SSW
Marrakech *	Thu 1:42 PM	1022 km	635 miles	552 nm	NNE