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 22, 2012 at 02:10:00 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 22, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 26'	North
Longitude:	147° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.74 meters/second, 1532.7 km/hour, 952.4 miles/hour or 827.6 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"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.8"	951.99 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	south	951.99 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 15.6"	3.45 mi	east	0° 00' 40.3"	0.77 mi	south	3.54 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 22, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 10'	North
Longitude:	176° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.16 meters/second, 1552.2 km/hour, 964.5 miles/hour or 838.1 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' 30.7"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.2"	964.32 mi	west	0° 08' 00.9"	9.19 mi	south	964.68 mi
24 hours	348° 25' 16.2"	769.39 mi	west	3° 33' 47.0"	244.98 mi	south	813.54 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
Saipan	Fri 12:10 PM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	SSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 12:10 PM	1146 km	712 miles	619 nm	SSW
Yokohama	Fri 11:10 AM	1544 km	959 miles	834 nm	NNW
Kawasaki	Fri 11:10 AM	1549 km	962 miles	836 nm	NNW
Tokyo	Fri 11:10 AM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	NNW
Shizuoka	Fri 11:10 AM	1568 km	974 miles	847 nm	NNW
Sagamihara	Fri 11:10 AM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	NNW
Hamamatsu	Fri 11:10 AM	1582 km	983 miles	854 nm	NW
Nagoya	Fri 11:10 AM	1669 km	1037 miles	901 nm	NW
Osaka	Fri 11:10 AM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	NW