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 16:32:00 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 16:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 60'	North
Longitude:	68° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.12 meters/second, 1537.6 km/hour, 955.4 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"	955.09 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	955.07 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 00.0"	3.19 mi	east	0° 04' 25.7"	5.08 mi	north	6.00 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 16:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 05'	South
Longitude:	177° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.84 meters/second, 1605.0 km/hour, 997.3 miles/hour or 866.7 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' 31.5"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 39.7"	997.30 mi	west	0° 11' 29.7"	13.17 mi	north	997.60 mi
24 hours	11° 03' 41.3"	759.37 mi	east	4° 38' 42.1"	319.20 mi	north	826.47 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 *	Sat 12:32 PM	326 km	203 miles	176 nm	WSW
Puerto Plata	Sat 12:32 PM	425 km	264 miles	229 nm	SSW
Santiago de los Caballeros	Sat 12:32 PM	458 km	284 miles	247 nm	SSW
Punta Cana	Sat 12:32 PM	495 km	307 miles	267 nm	S
Santo Domingo	Sat 12:32 PM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	SSW
Cap-Haïtien *	Sat 12:32 PM	530 km	329 miles	286 nm	SW
San Juan	Sat 12:32 PM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SSE
Caguas	Sat 12:32 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	SSE
Ponce	Sat 12:32 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	SSE
Gonaïves *	Sat 12:32 PM	591 km	368 miles	319 nm	SW