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 9, 2012 at 09:56:00 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 9, 2012 at 09:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 17'	North
Longitude:	32° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.37 meters/second, 1545.7 km/hour, 960.5 miles/hour or 834.6 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"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.5"	960.14 mi	west	0° 00' 18.5"	0.36 mi	south	960.16 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 06.0"	2.24 mi	east	0° 07' 37.4"	8.74 mi	south	9.03 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 9, 2012 at 09:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 50'	North
Longitude:	79° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.12 meters/second, 1616.8 km/hour, 1004.7 miles/hour or 873.0 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' 33.3"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 20.7"	1004.64 mi	west	0° 11' 20.1"	12.98 mi	north	1004.62 mi
24 hours	10° 36' 33.3"	732.26 mi	east	4° 22' 39.0"	300.82 mi	north	789.25 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
Hurghada	Mon 11:56 AM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	NNE
Port Sudan	Mon 12:56 PM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Mon 12:56 PM	741 km	460 miles	400 nm	S
Jeddah	Mon 12:56 PM	741 km	460 miles	400 nm	E
Makkah	Mon 12:56 PM	809 km	502 miles	437 nm	E
Medina	Mon 12:56 PM	810 km	504 miles	438 nm	ENE
Al Jizah	Mon 11:56 AM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	N
Cairo	Mon 11:56 AM	864 km	537 miles	467 nm	N
Kassala	Mon 12:56 PM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	SSE
Teseney	Mon 12:56 PM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	SSE