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 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 16:42:00 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 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 16:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 55'	North
Longitude:	70° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.37 meters/second, 1538.5 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.7 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.6"	955.65 mi	west	0° 00' 12.5"	0.24 mi	north	955.64 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 56.5"	3.12 mi	east	0° 04' 49.8"	5.54 mi	north	6.36 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 8, 2012 at 16:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 31'	South
Longitude:	167° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.31 meters/second, 1581.5 km/hour, 982.7 miles/hour or 854.0 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' 29.7"	16.38 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.21 mi	north	16.38 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 48.2"	982.65 mi	west	0° 10' 45.7"	12.33 mi	north	983.04 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 11.6"	793.32 mi	east	4° 28' 04.1"	307.08 mi	north	855.78 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
Cockburn Town *	Fri 12:42 PM	162 km	100 miles	87 nm	S
Puerto Plata	Fri 12:42 PM	347 km	216 miles	187 nm	S
Cap-Haïtien *	Fri 12:42 PM	372 km	231 miles	201 nm	SSW
Santiago de los Caballeros	Fri 12:42 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	S
Gonaïves *	Fri 12:42 PM	423 km	263 miles	229 nm	SSW
Santo Domingo	Fri 12:42 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	SSE
Port-au-Prince *	Fri 12:42 PM	506 km	314 miles	273 nm	SSW
Punta Cana	Fri 12:42 PM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SSE
Holguín *	Fri 12:42 PM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	WSW
Santiago de Cuba *	Fri 12:42 PM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	WSW