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 23:44:00 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 23:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 56'	North
Longitude:	175° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.31 meters/second, 1538.3 km/hour, 955.9 miles/hour or 830.6 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.2"	955.51 mi	west	0° 00' 12.2"	0.24 mi	south	955.52 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 41.1"	2.85 mi	east	0° 05' 06.6"	5.86 mi	south	6.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 2, 2012 at 23:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 10'	South
Longitude:	7° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.97 meters/second, 1493.9 km/hour, 928.3 miles/hour or 806.6 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' 23.0"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 03.1"	0.06 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 04.1"	928.02 mi	west	0° 03' 13.6"	3.70 mi	north	928.20 mi
24 hours	14° 30' 22.8"	935.87 mi	east	1° 56' 54.1"	134.04 mi	north	951.32 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
Midway	Mon 12:44 PM	623 km	387 miles	336 nm	NNW
Honolulu	Mon 1:44 PM	1799 km	1118 miles	971 nm	E
Wake Island	Tue 11:44 AM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	W
Majuro	Tue 11:44 AM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 11:44 AM	2520 km	1566 miles	1361 nm	S
Tarawa	Tue 11:44 AM	2701 km	1678 miles	1458 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Tue 1:44 PM	3028 km	1881 miles	1635 nm	SE
Adak *	Mon 2:44 PM	3213 km	1996 miles	1735 nm	N
Yaren	Tue 11:44 AM	3239 km	2013 miles	1749 nm	SW
Palikir	Tue 10:44 AM	3357 km	2086 miles	1813 nm	WSW