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 29, 2012 at 10:36:00 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 29, 2012 at 10:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 11'	North
Longitude:	21° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.52 meters/second, 1535.5 km/hour, 954.1 miles/hour or 829.1 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"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.5"	953.74 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	953.75 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 56.4"	3.12 mi	east	0° 03' 41.1"	4.23 mi	south	5.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 29, 2012 at 10:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 30'	South
Longitude:	138° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.98 meters/second, 1540.7 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 831.9 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' 25.7"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	south	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 47.8"	957.13 mi	west	0° 08' 53.4"	10.19 mi	south	956.82 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 37.9"	931.53 mi	east	3° 02' 31.4"	209.23 mi	south	947.15 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
Kufra	Fri 12:36 PM	204 km	127 miles	110 nm	ENE
Benghazi	Fri 12:36 PM	1001 km	622 miles	540 nm	N
Alexandria	Fri 12:36 PM	1212 km	753 miles	655 nm	NE
Al Jizah	Fri 12:36 PM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	NE
Cairo	Fri 12:36 PM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	NE
Tripoli	Fri 12:36 PM	1357 km	843 miles	733 nm	NW
Ndjamena	Fri 11:36 AM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	SSW
Khartoum	Fri 1:36 PM	1420 km	883 miles	767 nm	SE
Valletta *	Fri 12:36 PM	1567 km	973 miles	846 nm	NNW
Tel Aviv *	Fri 1:36 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	879 nm	NE