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 11:06:00 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 11:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 59'	North
Longitude:	13° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.17 meters/second, 1537.8 km/hour, 955.6 miles/hour or 830.4 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.5"	955.21 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.23 mi	north	955.20 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 59.2"	3.17 mi	east	0° 04' 31.2"	5.18 mi	north	6.08 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 11:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 07'	South
Longitude:	99° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.58 meters/second, 1600.5 km/hour, 994.5 miles/hour or 864.2 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' 31.1"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.58 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 17.0"	994.47 mi	west	0° 11' 23.0"	13.04 mi	north	994.79 mi
24 hours	11° 11' 18.6"	766.25 mi	east	4° 37' 27.9"	317.79 mi	north	832.82 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
Sabha	Sat 1:06 PM	470 km	292 miles	254 nm	NNE
Agadez	Sat 12:06 PM	851 km	529 miles	459 nm	SW
Tripoli	Sat 1:06 PM	1099 km	683 miles	593 nm	N
Ndjamena	Sat 12:06 PM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	S
Kano	Sat 12:06 PM	1307 km	812 miles	706 nm	SSW
Valletta *	Sat 1:06 PM	1439 km	894 miles	777 nm	N
Tunis	Sat 12:06 PM	1555 km	966 miles	840 nm	N
Niamey	Sat 12:06 PM	1560 km	969 miles	842 nm	SW
Abuja	Sat 12:06 PM	1651 km	1026 miles	892 nm	SSW
Algiers	Sat 12:06 PM	1805 km	1122 miles	975 nm	NNW