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 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 01:58:00 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 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 21'	North
Longitude:	150° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.02 meters/second, 1533.7 km/hour, 953.0 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	south	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.0"	952.61 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	952.62 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 07.5"	3.31 mi	east	0° 02' 18.9"	2.66 mi	south	4.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 09'	South
Longitude:	134° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.86 meters/second, 1615.9 km/hour, 1004.1 miles/hour or 872.5 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' 30.9"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	south	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.8"	1004.01 mi	west	0° 12' 29.0"	14.30 mi	south	1004.07 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 41.7"	814.60 mi	east	4° 58' 35.2"	341.96 mi	south	881.87 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 11:58 AM	1273 km	791 miles	687 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Tue 1:58 PM	1689 km	1050 miles	912 nm	ESE
Yokohama	Tue 10:58 AM	1730 km	1075 miles	934 nm	NW
Kawasaki	Tue 10:58 AM	1733 km	1077 miles	935 nm	NW
Tokyo	Tue 10:58 AM	1747 km	1086 miles	943 nm	NW
Sagamihara	Tue 10:58 AM	1757 km	1091 miles	948 nm	NW
Shizuoka	Tue 10:58 AM	1773 km	1102 miles	957 nm	NW
Hamamatsu	Tue 10:58 AM	1797 km	1117 miles	970 nm	NW
Nagoya	Tue 10:58 AM	1887 km	1172 miles	1019 nm	NW
Osaka	Tue 10:58 AM	1955 km	1215 miles	1055 nm	NW