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 Monday, July 2, 2012 at 00:44:00 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 Monday, July 2, 2012 at 00:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 01'	North
Longitude:	169° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.07 meters/second, 1537.5 km/hour, 955.3 miles/hour or 830.2 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"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.0"	954.98 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	954.99 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 45.5"	2.93 mi	east	0° 04' 43.7"	5.42 mi	south	6.16 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 2, 2012 at 00:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 41'	South
Longitude:	36° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.25 meters/second, 1487.7 km/hour, 924.4 miles/hour or 803.3 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' 22.5"	15.41 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	15.41 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 33.3"	924.14 mi	west	0° 00' 21.7"	0.42 mi	south	924.12 mi
24 hours	14° 54' 31.0"	958.35 mi	east	0° 34' 45.4"	39.86 mi	north	961.09 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
Wake Island	Mon 12:44 PM	523 km	325 miles	283 nm	SW
Midway	Sun 1:44 PM	1416 km	880 miles	764 nm	ENE
Majuro	Mon 12:44 PM	1763 km	1095 miles	952 nm	S
Palikir	Mon 11:44 AM	2170 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	SW
Tarawa	Mon 12:44 PM	2416 km	1501 miles	1304 nm	S
Yaren	Mon 12:44 PM	2623 km	1630 miles	1416 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 10:44 AM	2840 km	1765 miles	1534 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Sun 12:44 PM	2933 km	1822 miles	1583 nm	SSE
Tokyo	Mon 9:44 AM	3220 km	2001 miles	1739 nm	WNW
Honolulu	Sun 2:44 PM	3341 km	2076 miles	1804 nm	E