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 22:26:00 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 22:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 30'	North
Longitude:	155° 17'	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"	965.43 mi	west	0° 00' 23.7"	0.45 mi	south	965.45 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 28.4"	1.58 mi	east	0° 09' 41.4"	11.11 mi	south	11.22 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 22:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 03'	North
Longitude:	153° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.96 meters/second, 1508.3 km/hour, 937.2 miles/hour or 814.4 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' 40.6"	936.92 mi	west	0° 02' 40.5"	3.07 mi	north	936.78 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 15.9"	765.47 mi	east	0° 36' 36.0"	41.97 mi	north	765.04 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
Wailuku	Sat 12:26 PM	144 km	89 miles	78 nm	WSW
Napili-Honokowai	Sat 12:26 PM	156 km	97 miles	84 nm	WSW
Hilo	Sat 12:26 PM	200 km	124 miles	108 nm	S
Kailua-Kona	Sat 12:26 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Sat 12:26 PM	268 km	166 miles	144 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 12:26 PM	2183 km	1357 miles	1179 nm	S
Midway	Sat 11:26 AM	2349 km	1459 miles	1268 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sat 10:26 AM	3295 km	2047 miles	1779 nm	SW
San Francisco *	Sat 3:26 PM	3629 km	2255 miles	1959 nm	NE
Unalaska *	Sat 2:26 PM	3719 km	2311 miles	2008 nm	NNW