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 22:08:00 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 22:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 30'	North
Longitude:	150° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.72 meters/second, 1554.2 km/hour, 965.7 miles/hour or 839.2 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"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.1"	965.42 mi	west	0° 00' 23.7"	0.45 mi	south	965.44 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 28.4"	1.58 mi	east	0° 09' 41.1"	11.11 mi	south	11.22 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	157° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.01 meters/second, 1508.4 km/hour, 937.3 miles/hour or 814.5 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' 30.6"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 41.2"	937.01 mi	west	0° 02' 42.3"	3.10 mi	north	936.88 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 04.8"	765.34 mi	east	0° 37' 19.5"	42.80 mi	north	764.93 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	Sat 12:08 PM	491 km	305 miles	265 nm	WSW
Wailuku	Sat 12:08 PM	597 km	371 miles	323 nm	W
Honolulu	Sat 12:08 PM	734 km	456 miles	396 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 12:08 PM	2285 km	1420 miles	1234 nm	SSW
Midway	Sat 11:08 AM	2782 km	1728 miles	1502 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Sat 3:08 PM	3263 km	2028 miles	1762 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 3:08 PM	3475 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	ENE
Baker Island	Sat 10:08 AM	3653 km	2270 miles	1972 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Sat 3:08 PM	3808 km	2366 miles	2056 nm	ENE
Unalaska *	Sat 2:08 PM	3836 km	2384 miles	2071 nm	NNW