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 Friday, July 13, 2012 at 22:18:00 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 Friday, July 13, 2012 at 22:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 39'	North
Longitude:	153° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.26 meters/second, 1552.5 km/hour, 964.7 miles/hour or 838.3 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"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.9"	964.38 mi	west	0° 00' 22.8"	0.44 mi	south	964.41 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 35.7"	1.71 mi	east	0° 09' 19.3"	10.69 mi	south	10.83 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, July 13, 2012 at 22:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 30'	North
Longitude:	143° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.55 meters/second, 1524.8 km/hour, 947.5 miles/hour or 823.3 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' 31.5"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	north	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.4"	947.21 mi	west	0° 04' 54.4"	5.63 mi	north	946.99 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 46.8"	754.14 mi	east	1° 32' 45.0"	106.35 mi	north	757.95 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
Hilo	Fri 12:18 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	SW
Wailuku	Fri 12:18 PM	342 km	212 miles	185 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 12:18 PM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 12:18 PM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	SSW
Midway	Fri 11:18 AM	2531 km	1573 miles	1367 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Fri 3:18 PM	3456 km	2148 miles	1866 nm	NE
Baker Island	Fri 10:18 AM	3459 km	2149 miles	1868 nm	SW
Los Angeles *	Fri 3:18 PM	3693 km	2295 miles	1994 nm	ENE
Unalaska *	Fri 2:18 PM	3750 km	2330 miles	2025 nm	NNW
Adak *	Fri 1:18 PM	3910 km	2430 miles	2111 nm	NNW