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 12, 2012 at 10:28:00 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 12, 2012 at 10:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 53'	North
Longitude:	24° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.60 meters/second, 1550.1 km/hour, 963.2 miles/hour or 837.0 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"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.3"	962.90 mi	west	0° 00' 21.5"	0.41 mi	south	962.92 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 46.2"	1.90 mi	east	0° 08' 46.0"	10.05 mi	south	10.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 40'	North
Longitude:	55° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.17 meters/second, 1559.4 km/hour, 969.0 miles/hour or 842.0 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' 32.6"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 42.1"	968.79 mi	west	0° 07' 42.8"	8.84 mi	north	968.53 mi
24 hours	11° 03' 57.4"	737.12 mi	east	2° 44' 53.7"	189.00 mi	north	755.89 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
Kufra	Thu 12:28 PM	272 km	169 miles	147 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Thu 1:28 PM	1124 km	698 miles	607 nm	SE
Al Jizah	Thu 12:28 PM	1145 km	711 miles	618 nm	NE
Cairo	Thu 12:28 PM	1150 km	714 miles	621 nm	NE
Alexandria	Thu 12:28 PM	1185 km	736 miles	640 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Thu 11:28 AM	1450 km	901 miles	783 nm	SW
Tel Aviv *	Thu 1:28 PM	1544 km	960 miles	834 nm	NE
Bethlehem *	Thu 1:28 PM	1545 km	960 miles	834 nm	NE
Jerusalem *	Thu 1:28 PM	1552 km	965 miles	838 nm	NE
Medina	Thu 1:28 PM	1608 km	999 miles	868 nm	ENE