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 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 23:08:00 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 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 23:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	North
Longitude:	165° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.73 meters/second, 1561.4 km/hour, 970.2 miles/hour or 843.1 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° 15' 00.0"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.4"	969.94 mi	west	0° 00' 27.4"	0.52 mi	south	969.97 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 56.3"	1.01 mi	east	0° 11' 07.6"	12.76 mi	south	12.80 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 23:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 25'	North
Longitude:	169° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.06 meters/second, 1541.0 km/hour, 957.5 miles/hour or 832.1 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' 30.2"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 11.6"	957.35 mi	west	0° 07' 11.8"	8.25 mi	south	957.69 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 02.4"	781.22 mi	east	3° 16' 39.6"	225.39 mi	south	819.36 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
Honolulu	Wed 1:08 PM	817 km	507 miles	441 nm	E
Midway	Wed 12:08 PM	1438 km	894 miles	776 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Thu 1:08 PM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	SSE
Baker Island	Wed 11:08 AM	2565 km	1594 miles	1385 nm	SSW
Wake Island	Thu 11:08 AM	2895 km	1799 miles	1563 nm	W
Majuro	Thu 11:08 AM	2911 km	1809 miles	1572 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Thu 11:08 AM	3156 km	1961 miles	1704 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Thu 12:08 PM	3393 km	2108 miles	1832 nm	S
Adak *	Wed 2:08 PM	3575 km	2221 miles	1930 nm	NNW
Funafuti	Thu 11:08 AM	3640 km	2262 miles	1965 nm	SSW