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 12:06:00 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 12:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 59'	North
Longitude:	1° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.16 meters/second, 1537.8 km/hour, 955.5 miles/hour or 830.3 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"	955.19 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	955.18 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 59.5"	3.18 mi	east	0° 04' 30.2"	5.17 mi	north	6.06 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 12:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 56'	South
Longitude:	113° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.83 meters/second, 1601.4 km/hour, 995.0 miles/hour or 864.7 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' 31.3"	16.58 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 21.3"	995.02 mi	west	0° 11' 24.4"	13.07 mi	north	995.33 mi
24 hours	11° 09' 51.4"	764.94 mi	east	4° 37' 44.5"	318.11 mi	north	831.63 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
Marrakech *	Sat 1:06 PM	1129 km	702 miles	610 nm	NNW
Niamey	Sat 1:06 PM	1133 km	704 miles	612 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Sat 12:06 PM	1176 km	731 miles	635 nm	S
El Aaiún *	Sat 1:06 PM	1225 km	761 miles	662 nm	WNW
Fes *	Sat 1:06 PM	1260 km	783 miles	680 nm	NNW
Casablanca *	Sat 1:06 PM	1301 km	808 miles	702 nm	NNW
Bamako	Sat 12:06 PM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	SSW
Rabat *	Sat 1:06 PM	1315 km	817 miles	710 nm	NNW
Tangier *	Sat 1:06 PM	1467 km	912 miles	792 nm	NNW
Gibraltar *	Sat 2:06 PM	1495 km	929 miles	807 nm	NNW