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 Friday, June 15, 2012 at 22:44:00 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 Friday, June 15, 2012 at 22:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 21'	North
Longitude:	161° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.00 meters/second, 1533.6 km/hour, 952.9 miles/hour or 828.1 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"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.8"	952.58 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	952.58 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 15.5"	3.45 mi	east	0° 01' 51.9"	2.14 mi	north	4.06 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 15, 2012 at 22:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 03'	North
Longitude:	156° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.48 meters/second, 1538.9 km/hour, 956.3 miles/hour or 831.0 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' 32.0"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 04.8"	956.02 mi	west	0° 06' 14.6"	7.16 mi	north	955.77 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 29.3"	746.06 mi	east	2° 06' 59.3"	145.58 mi	north	755.56 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
Lihue	Fri 12:44 PM	235 km	146 miles	127 nm	SE
Honolulu	Fri 12:44 PM	404 km	251 miles	218 nm	ESE
Wailuku	Fri 12:44 PM	548 km	341 miles	296 nm	ESE
Midway	Fri 11:44 AM	1716 km	1067 miles	927 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 12:44 PM	2411 km	1498 miles	1302 nm	S
Baker Island	Fri 10:44 AM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sat 10:44 AM	3369 km	2093 miles	1819 nm	W
Unalaska *	Fri 2:44 PM	3419 km	2124 miles	1846 nm	N
Adak *	Fri 1:44 PM	3433 km	2133 miles	1854 nm	NNW
Majuro	Sat 10:44 AM	3461 km	2151 miles	1869 nm	WSW