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 Monday, June 11, 2012 at 16:38:00 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 Monday, June 11, 2012 at 16:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 08'	North
Longitude:	69° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.67 meters/second, 1536.0 km/hour, 954.4 miles/hour or 829.4 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"	15.91 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.3"	954.08 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	954.07 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 06.5"	3.30 mi	east	0° 03' 36.8"	4.14 mi	north	5.30 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 16:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 12'	North
Longitude:	157° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.01 meters/second, 1620.0 km/hour, 1006.6 miles/hour or 874.7 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' 33.6"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 45.0"	1006.63 mi	west	0° 11' 21.2"	13.00 mi	north	1006.65 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 20.4"	721.59 mi	east	4° 25' 28.2"	304.04 mi	north	781.39 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 *	Mon 12:38 PM	229 km	142 miles	124 nm	SW
Puerto Plata	Mon 12:38 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	SSW
Santiago de los Caballeros	Mon 12:38 PM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	SSW
Cap-Haïtien *	Mon 12:38 PM	447 km	278 miles	242 nm	SSW
Gonaïves *	Mon 12:38 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	SW
Santo Domingo	Mon 12:38 PM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	S
Punta Cana	Mon 12:38 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	SSE
Port-au-Prince *	Mon 12:38 PM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	SSW
San Juan	Mon 12:38 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	SE
Ponce	Mon 12:38 PM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	SSE