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 Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 00:38:00 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 Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 00:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	North
Longitude:	171° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.53 meters/second, 1571.5 km/hour, 976.5 miles/hour or 848.6 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"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.3"	976.24 mi	west	0° 00' 31.7"	0.61 mi	south	976.27 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 11.7"	0.21 mi	east	0° 12' 50.2"	14.72 mi	south	14.72 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 00:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 35'	South
Longitude:	132° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.19 meters/second, 1609.9 km/hour, 1000.3 miles/hour or 869.3 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' 30.4"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 12.2"	0.24 mi	south	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 23.0"	1000.28 mi	west	0° 12' 20.3"	14.13 mi	south	1000.23 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 38.7"	830.50 mi	east	4° 48' 45.0"	330.73 mi	south	890.43 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
Wake Island	Tue 12:38 PM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	W
Majuro	Tue 12:38 PM	1403 km	872 miles	758 nm	S
Midway	Mon 1:38 PM	1436 km	892 miles	775 nm	NE
Tarawa	Tue 12:38 PM	2039 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	S
Palikir	Tue 11:38 AM	2055 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	SW
Yaren	Tue 12:38 PM	2314 km	1438 miles	1250 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Mon 12:38 PM	2516 km	1563 miles	1358 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 10:38 AM	2972 km	1846 miles	1605 nm	W
Honolulu	Mon 2:38 PM	3158 km	1962 miles	1705 nm	E
Funafuti	Tue 12:38 PM	3236 km	2011 miles	1747 nm	SSE