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 11:22:00 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 11:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 17'	North
Longitude:	9° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.19 meters/second, 1534.3 km/hour, 953.4 miles/hour or 828.4 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"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.9"	953.00 mi	west	0° 00' 06.6"	0.13 mi	north	952.99 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 13.3"	3.41 mi	east	0° 02' 28.4"	2.84 mi	north	4.44 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 11:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 36'	North
Longitude:	49° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.57 meters/second, 1575.3 km/hour, 978.8 miles/hour or 850.6 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 18.3"	978.67 mi	west	0° 08' 40.8"	9.95 mi	north	978.42 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 27.0"	727.86 mi	east	3° 10' 51.2"	218.72 mi	north	754.97 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	Thu 1:22 PM	662 km	411 miles	357 nm	NE
Agadez	Thu 12:22 PM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Thu 1:22 PM	1130 km	702 miles	610 nm	NNE
Kano	Thu 12:22 PM	1253 km	778 miles	676 nm	S
Niamey	Thu 12:22 PM	1322 km	822 miles	714 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Thu 12:22 PM	1379 km	857 miles	744 nm	SSE
Valletta *	Thu 1:22 PM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	NNE
Tunis	Thu 12:22 PM	1498 km	931 miles	809 nm	N
Abuja	Thu 12:22 PM	1578 km	981 miles	852 nm	S
Algiers	Thu 12:22 PM	1610 km	1000 miles	869 nm	NNW