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, May 21, 2013 at 08:28:00 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, May 21, 2013 at 08:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 15'	North
Longitude:	51° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.33 meters/second, 1567.2 km/hour, 973.8 miles/hour or 846.2 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° 15' 00.0"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.4"	973.55 mi	west	0° 00' 30.0"	0.58 mi	north	973.52 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 04.1"	1.16 mi	east	0° 11' 53.1"	13.63 mi	north	13.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 27'	South
Longitude:	179° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.52 meters/second, 1603.9 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 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' 29.8"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.21 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 49.5"	996.52 mi	west	0° 11' 14.7"	12.88 mi	south	996.42 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 25.6"	854.01 mi	east	4° 21' 57.5"	300.07 mi	south	900.95 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
Salalah	Tue 12:28 PM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	SSE
Abu Dhabi	Tue 12:28 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	NNE
Doha	Tue 11:28 AM	559 km	347 miles	302 nm	N
Al-Jamiliyah	Tue 11:28 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	N
Al Khor	Tue 11:28 AM	604 km	375 miles	326 nm	N
Nizwa	Tue 12:28 PM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	ENE
Dubai	Tue 12:28 PM	658 km	409 miles	355 nm	NNE
Riffa	Tue 11:28 AM	666 km	414 miles	359 nm	NNW
Manama	Tue 11:28 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	N
Sharjah	Tue 12:28 PM	674 km	419 miles	364 nm	NNE