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 Saturday, July 14, 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 Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 10:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 35'	North
Longitude:	24° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.49 meters/second, 1553.4 km/hour, 965.2 miles/hour or 838.7 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"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.9"	964.91 mi	west	0° 00' 23.2"	0.45 mi	south	964.93 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 32.0"	1.65 mi	east	0° 09' 30.4"	10.90 mi	south	11.03 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 10:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 24'	North
Longitude:	33° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.97 meters/second, 1515.5 km/hour, 941.7 miles/hour or 818.3 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' 31.1"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	north	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.8"	941.41 mi	west	0° 03' 48.8"	4.37 mi	north	941.22 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 11.6"	760.07 mi	east	1° 05' 05.1"	74.63 mi	north	761.02 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	Sat 12:28 PM	305 km	189 miles	165 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Sat 1:28 PM	1100 km	683 miles	594 nm	SE
Al Jizah	Sat 12:28 PM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	NE
Cairo	Sat 12:28 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	NE
Alexandria	Sat 12:28 PM	1211 km	753 miles	654 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Sat 11:28 AM	1430 km	889 miles	772 nm	SW
Bethlehem *	Sat 1:28 PM	1565 km	973 miles	845 nm	NE
Tel Aviv *	Sat 1:28 PM	1566 km	973 miles	845 nm	NE
Jerusalem *	Sat 1:28 PM	1573 km	977 miles	849 nm	NE
Medina	Sat 1:28 PM	1610 km	1001 miles	870 nm	ENE