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, January 27, 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 Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 23'	South
Longitude:	63° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.23 meters/second, 1584.8 km/hour, 984.8 miles/hour or 855.7 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"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.5"	984.54 mi	west	0° 00' 38.9"	0.74 mi	north	984.57 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 54.7"	3.19 mi	east	0° 15' 44.3"	18.04 mi	north	18.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 25'	South
Longitude:	74° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.09 meters/second, 1569.9 km/hour, 975.5 miles/hour or 847.7 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' 33.3"	16.26 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	north	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 26.4"	975.33 mi	west	0° 12' 04.3"	13.84 mi	north	975.86 mi
24 hours	10° 28' 35.2"	701.97 mi	east	5° 05' 50.3"	350.40 mi	north	790.87 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 *	Tue 12:58 PM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Tue 11:58 AM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Tue 1:58 PM	1564 km	972 miles	845 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Tue 10:58 AM	1678 km	1043 miles	906 nm	W
Victoria	Tue 11:58 AM	1753 km	1089 miles	946 nm	NNW
Moroni	Tue 10:58 AM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	WNW
Male	Tue 12:58 PM	2730 km	1697 miles	1474 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Tue 10:58 AM	2913 km	1810 miles	1573 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Tue 10:58 AM	3005 km	1868 miles	1623 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Tue 9:58 AM	3204 km	1991 miles	1730 nm	W