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 Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 09:28:00 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 Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 17'	North
Longitude:	37° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.20 meters/second, 1534.3 km/hour, 953.4 miles/hour or 828.5 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"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.9"	953.03 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	953.02 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 13.0"	3.41 mi	east	0° 02' 30.3"	2.87 mi	north	4.46 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 09:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 19'	North
Longitude:	21° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.10 meters/second, 1577.2 km/hour, 980.0 miles/hour or 851.6 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' 33.3"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 21.4"	979.87 mi	west	0° 08' 47.3"	10.07 mi	north	979.62 mi
24 hours	10° 47' 57.6"	727.03 mi	east	3° 13' 48.4"	222.10 mi	north	755.19 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
Medina	Thu 12:28 PM	225 km	140 miles	122 nm	NE
Jeddah	Thu 12:28 PM	242 km	151 miles	131 nm	SE
Makkah	Thu 12:28 PM	291 km	181 miles	157 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Thu 12:28 PM	411 km	255 miles	222 nm	S
Hurghada	Thu 11:28 AM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	NW
Keren	Thu 12:28 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	S
Kassala	Thu 12:28 PM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	S
Asmara	Thu 12:28 PM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	S
Teseney	Thu 12:28 PM	913 km	568 miles	493 nm	S
Riyadh	Thu 12:28 PM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	ENE