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 18:52:00 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 18:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 52'	North
Longitude:	102° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.52 meters/second, 1539.1 km/hour, 956.3 miles/hour or 831.0 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' 53.3"	955.99 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	956.00 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 37.2"	2.79 mi	east	0° 05' 25.6"	6.22 mi	south	6.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 43'	South
Longitude:	77° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.43 meters/second, 1510.0 km/hour, 938.2 miles/hour or 815.3 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' 24.2"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 13.6"	938.04 mi	west	0° 05' 55.7"	6.80 mi	north	938.36 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 05.6"	907.52 mi	east	2° 55' 18.9"	200.97 mi	north	937.18 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
Fresnillo *	Tue 1:52 PM	78 km	48 miles	42 nm	WNW
Aguascalientes *	Tue 1:52 PM	114 km	71 miles	62 nm	S
San Luis Potosi *	Tue 1:52 PM	148 km	92 miles	80 nm	ESE
Leon *	Tue 1:52 PM	195 km	121 miles	106 nm	SSE
Guadalajara *	Tue 1:52 PM	273 km	169 miles	147 nm	SSW
Tepic *	Tue 12:52 PM	318 km	198 miles	172 nm	WSW
Monterrey *	Tue 1:52 PM	362 km	225 miles	195 nm	NNE
Puerto Vallarta *	Tue 1:52 PM	403 km	251 miles	218 nm	SW
Colima *	Tue 1:52 PM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	SSW
Mazatlan *	Tue 12:52 PM	436 km	271 miles	236 nm	W