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 16:52:00 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 Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 16:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 42'	North
Longitude:	72° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.08 meters/second, 1541.1 km/hour, 957.6 miles/hour or 832.1 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"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.7"	957.25 mi	west	0° 00' 15.0"	0.29 mi	south	957.27 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 27.5"	2.62 mi	east	0° 06' 10.9"	7.09 mi	south	7.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 16:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 18'	South
Longitude:	133° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.58 meters/second, 1568.1 km/hour, 974.4 miles/hour or 846.7 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' 28.1"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 16.2"	974.26 mi	west	0° 10' 24.3"	11.92 mi	north	974.68 mi
24 hours	12° 17' 45.9"	827.86 mi	east	4° 23' 59.3"	302.44 mi	north	887.62 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
Cockburn Town *	Thu 12:52 PM	169 km	105 miles	91 nm	SE
Cap-Haïtien *	Thu 12:52 PM	325 km	202 miles	175 nm	S
Puerto Plata	Thu 12:52 PM	352 km	219 miles	190 nm	SSE
Gonaïves *	Thu 12:52 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	S
Santiago de los Caballeros	Thu 12:52 PM	387 km	240 miles	209 nm	SSE
Port-au-Prince *	Thu 12:52 PM	461 km	287 miles	249 nm	S
Holguín *	Thu 12:52 PM	475 km	295 miles	256 nm	WSW
Santiago de Cuba *	Thu 12:52 PM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	SW
Santo Domingo	Thu 12:52 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	SSE
Nassau *	Thu 12:52 PM	594 km	369 miles	320 nm	WNW