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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 22:40:00 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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 22:40:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 42'	South
Longitude:	157° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.78 meters/second, 1572.4 km/hour, 977.0 miles/hour or 849.0 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° 14' 59.7"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 49.8"	976.80 mi	west	0° 00' 34.1"	0.65 mi	north	976.83 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 56.2"	4.28 mi	east	0° 13' 52.3"	15.90 mi	north	16.47 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 22:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 04'	North
Longitude:	39° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.87 meters/second, 1518.7 km/hour, 943.7 miles/hour or 820.0 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' 31.1"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	north	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 09.7"	943.45 mi	west	0° 02' 50.7"	3.26 mi	north	943.31 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 30.3"	754.39 mi	east	0° 42' 30.1"	48.73 mi	north	754.24 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
Rarotonga	Mon 12:40 PM	301 km	187 miles	162 nm	SW
Papeete	Mon 12:40 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	ENE
Alofi	Mon 11:40 AM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	W
Apia *	Tue 12:40 PM	1663 km	1033 miles	898 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Tue 11:40 AM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	W
Fakaofo	Tue 11:40 AM	1876 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Tue 12:40 PM	2385 km	1482 miles	1288 nm	N
Suva	Tue 10:40 AM	2550 km	1585 miles	1377 nm	W
Funafuti	Tue 10:40 AM	2806 km	1744 miles	1515 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Mon 2:40 PM	2868 km	1782 miles	1549 nm	ESE