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 Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 03:28:00 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 Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 03:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 45'	North
Longitude:	128° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.91 meters/second, 1540.5 km/hour, 957.2 miles/hour or 831.8 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.6"	956.87 mi	west	0° 00' 14.4"	0.28 mi	south	956.88 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 30.3"	2.67 mi	east	0° 05' 57.8"	6.84 mi	south	7.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 03:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 30'	South
Longitude:	32° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.69 meters/second, 1550.5 km/hour, 963.4 miles/hour or 837.2 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' 27.0"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 02.6"	963.31 mi	west	0° 09' 25.7"	10.81 mi	north	963.73 mi
24 hours	12° 45' 47.6"	850.85 mi	east	4° 05' 55.8"	281.80 mi	north	903.58 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
Naha	Thu 12:28 PM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	NNW
Taipei	Thu 11:28 AM	792 km	492 miles	428 nm	WNW
Kaohsiung	Thu 11:28 AM	865 km	538 miles	467 nm	W
Kagoshima	Thu 12:28 PM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	N
Foochow	Thu 11:28 AM	1033 km	642 miles	558 nm	WNW
Xiamen	Thu 11:28 AM	1118 km	695 miles	604 nm	WNW
Kumamoto	Thu 12:28 PM	1129 km	701 miles	609 nm	N
Shanghai	Thu 11:28 AM	1194 km	742 miles	645 nm	NW
Hangzhou	Thu 11:28 AM	1199 km	745 miles	647 nm	NW
Quezon	Thu 11:28 AM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	SW