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 31, 2012 at 00:26:00 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 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 00:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 12'	North
Longitude:	174° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.77 meters/second, 1586.8 km/hour, 986.0 miles/hour or 856.8 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"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	985.76 mi	west	0° 00' 37.1"	0.71 mi	south	985.79 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 53.0"	0.97 mi	west	0° 15' 00.4"	17.20 mi	south	17.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 00:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 60'	South
Longitude:	35° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.95 meters/second, 1508.2 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' 24.7"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 44.4"	936.96 mi	west	0° 05' 14.8"	6.02 mi	north	937.24 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 03.1"	898.31 mi	east	2° 39' 38.9"	183.02 mi	north	923.85 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 12:26 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	W
Majuro	Tue 12:26 PM	1285 km	798 miles	694 nm	SSW
Midway	Mon 1:26 PM	1365 km	848 miles	737 nm	NE
Tarawa	Tue 12:26 PM	1868 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	S
Palikir	Tue 11:26 AM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Mon 12:26 PM	2208 km	1372 miles	1192 nm	SSE
Yaren	Tue 12:26 PM	2247 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Mon 2:26 PM	2880 km	1789 miles	1555 nm	ENE
Funafuti	Tue 12:26 PM	2995 km	1861 miles	1617 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 10:26 AM	3260 km	2026 miles	1760 nm	W