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 Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 00:36:00 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 Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 00:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 57'	North
Longitude:	170° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.29 meters/second, 1538.2 km/hour, 955.8 miles/hour or 830.6 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.6"	955.46 mi	west	0° 00' 12.1"	0.23 mi	north	955.45 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 57.7"	3.15 mi	east	0° 04' 41.8"	5.39 mi	north	6.24 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 00:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 05'	South
Longitude:	53° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.75 meters/second, 1590.3 km/hour, 988.2 miles/hour or 858.7 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' 30.4"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 28.4"	988.11 mi	west	0° 11' 04.7"	12.69 mi	north	988.48 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 00.0"	781.00 mi	east	4° 33' 08.7"	312.87 mi	north	845.67 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
Wake Island	Sat 12:36 PM	572 km	356 miles	309 nm	SW
Midway	Fri 1:36 PM	1347 km	837 miles	727 nm	ENE
Majuro	Sat 12:36 PM	1749 km	1087 miles	945 nm	S
Palikir	Sat 11:36 AM	2214 km	1376 miles	1196 nm	SW
Tarawa	Sat 12:36 PM	2397 km	1489 miles	1294 nm	S
Yaren	Sat 12:36 PM	2627 km	1632 miles	1418 nm	S
Baker Island	Fri 12:36 PM	2883 km	1792 miles	1557 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 10:36 AM	2916 km	1812 miles	1574 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 2:36 PM	3260 km	2026 miles	1760 nm	E
Tokyo	Sat 9:36 AM	3293 km	2046 miles	1778 nm	WNW