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 Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 07:58:00 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 Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 54'	South
Longitude:	63° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.91 meters/second, 1580.1 km/hour, 981.8 miles/hour or 853.2 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° 14' 59.9"	16.36 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.4"	981.59 mi	west	0° 00' 37.2"	0.71 mi	north	981.62 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 19.0"	3.62 mi	east	0° 15' 04.0"	17.27 mi	north	17.65 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 33'	South
Longitude:	52° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.91 meters/second, 1493.7 km/hour, 928.1 miles/hour or 806.5 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' 31.1"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 14.1"	927.81 mi	west	0° 08' 00.6"	9.19 mi	north	928.30 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 48.9"	720.88 mi	east	3° 39' 10.9"	251.33 mi	north	771.90 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
Port Louis *	Sun 12:58 PM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Sun 11:58 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Sun 1:58 PM	1615 km	1003 miles	872 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Sun 10:58 AM	1664 km	1034 miles	898 nm	W
Victoria	Sun 11:58 AM	1796 km	1116 miles	970 nm	NNW
Moroni	Sun 10:58 AM	2290 km	1423 miles	1236 nm	WNW
Male	Sun 12:58 PM	2786 km	1731 miles	1504 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Sun 10:58 AM	2925 km	1817 miles	1579 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sun 10:58 AM	3039 km	1888 miles	1641 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Sun 9:58 AM	3197 km	1987 miles	1726 nm	W