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 10:38:00 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 10:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 53'	North
Longitude:	21° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.60 meters/second, 1550.2 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' 55.4"	962.90 mi	west	0° 00' 21.5"	0.41 mi	south	962.92 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 46.3"	1.90 mi	east	0° 08' 46.2"	10.06 mi	south	10.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 42'	North
Longitude:	58° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.12 meters/second, 1559.2 km/hour, 968.9 miles/hour or 841.9 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' 32.7"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 41.9"	968.68 mi	west	0° 07' 42.1"	8.83 mi	north	968.42 mi
24 hours	11° 04' 05.4"	737.19 mi	east	2° 44' 35.8"	188.66 mi	north	755.87 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 12:38 PM	307 km	191 miles	166 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Thu 11:38 AM	1288 km	800 miles	696 nm	SW
Al Jizah	Thu 12:38 PM	1314 km	816 miles	709 nm	NE
Cairo	Thu 12:38 PM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	NE
Alexandria	Thu 12:38 PM	1324 km	822 miles	715 nm	NE
Khartoum	Thu 1:38 PM	1341 km	833 miles	724 nm	ESE
Tripoli	Thu 12:38 PM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	NNW
Valletta *	Thu 12:38 PM	1702 km	1057 miles	919 nm	NNW
Tel Aviv *	Thu 1:38 PM	1722 km	1070 miles	930 nm	NE
Bethlehem *	Thu 1:38 PM	1730 km	1075 miles	934 nm	NE