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, July 3, 2012 at 12:08:00 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, July 3, 2012 at 12:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 54'	North
Longitude:	1° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.44 meters/second, 1538.8 km/hour, 956.2 miles/hour or 830.9 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"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.2"	955.82 mi	west	0° 00' 12.7"	0.24 mi	south	955.83 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 38.7"	2.81 mi	east	0° 05' 19.0"	6.10 mi	south	6.71 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 12:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 19'	South
Longitude:	174° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.60 meters/second, 1503.3 km/hour, 934.1 miles/hour or 811.7 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' 23.6"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 45.3"	933.92 mi	west	0° 05' 01.3"	5.76 mi	north	934.19 mi
24 hours	345° 50' 46.1"	918.23 mi	west	2° 36' 03.2"	178.91 mi	north	942.72 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
Niamey	Tue 1:08 PM	1096 km	681 miles	592 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Tue 12:08 PM	1166 km	724 miles	630 nm	S
Marrakech *	Tue 1:08 PM	1178 km	732 miles	636 nm	NNW
Fes *	Tue 1:08 PM	1289 km	801 miles	696 nm	NNW
El Aaiún *	Tue 1:08 PM	1299 km	807 miles	702 nm	WNW
Casablanca *	Tue 1:08 PM	1342 km	834 miles	725 nm	NNW
Bamako	Tue 12:08 PM	1344 km	835 miles	726 nm	SSW
Rabat *	Tue 1:08 PM	1352 km	840 miles	730 nm	NNW
Tangier *	Tue 1:08 PM	1496 km	930 miles	808 nm	NNW
Gibraltar *	Tue 2:08 PM	1522 km	946 miles	822 nm	NNW