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, August 1, 2012 at 00:36:00 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, August 1, 2012 at 00:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 57'	North
Longitude:	172° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.40 meters/second, 1589.0 km/hour, 987.4 miles/hour or 858.0 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"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	16.46 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.4"	987.18 mi	west	0° 00' 37.9"	0.72 mi	south	987.21 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 02.3"	1.14 mi	west	0° 15' 18.0"	17.54 mi	south	17.58 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 00:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 19'	South
Longitude:	23° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.38 meters/second, 1535.0 km/hour, 953.8 miles/hour or 828.8 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' 26.3"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 19.6"	953.62 mi	west	0° 08' 04.7"	9.26 mi	north	954.01 mi
24 hours	13° 07' 05.8"	866.44 mi	east	3° 39' 13.9"	251.25 mi	north	909.79 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	Wed 12:36 PM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	WNW
Majuro	Wed 12:36 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	S
Midway	Tue 1:36 PM	1550 km	963 miles	837 nm	NE
Tarawa	Wed 12:36 PM	1831 km	1138 miles	989 nm	S
Palikir	Wed 11:36 AM	1962 km	1219 miles	1059 nm	SW
Yaren	Wed 12:36 PM	2129 km	1323 miles	1149 nm	SSW
Baker Island	Tue 12:36 PM	2316 km	1439 miles	1251 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 10:36 AM	2992 km	1859 miles	1616 nm	W
Funafuti	Wed 12:36 PM	3025 km	1879 miles	1633 nm	SSE
Honolulu	Tue 2:36 PM	3146 km	1955 miles	1699 nm	ENE