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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 06:40:00 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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 06:40:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 45'	South
Longitude:	83° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.25 meters/second, 1599.3 km/hour, 993.8 miles/hour or 863.6 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"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.6"	993.60 mi	west	0° 00' 43.5"	0.83 mi	north	993.63 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 40.1"	1.84 mi	east	0° 17' 34.6"	20.15 mi	north	20.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 06:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 23'	South
Longitude:	28° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.50 meters/second, 1575.0 km/hour, 978.7 miles/hour or 850.4 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' 28.8"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 53.8"	978.50 mi	west	0° 09' 48.5"	11.24 mi	south	978.25 mi
24 hours	12° 45' 05.8"	861.63 mi	east	3° 35' 37.4"	247.08 mi	south	890.10 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
Diego Garcia	Sat 12:40 PM	1564 km	972 miles	844 nm	NW
Male	Sat 11:40 AM	2545 km	1581 miles	1374 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 12:10 PM	2638 km	1639 miles	1424 nm	N
Colombo	Sat 12:10 PM	2642 km	1641 miles	1426 nm	N
Port Louis	Sat 10:40 AM	2733 km	1698 miles	1476 nm	WSW
Jakarta	Sat 1:40 PM	2832 km	1760 miles	1529 nm	ENE
Saint-Denis	Sat 10:40 AM	2951 km	1834 miles	1594 nm	WSW
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 2:40 PM	2999 km	1864 miles	1619 nm	NE
Singapore	Sat 2:40 PM	3024 km	1879 miles	1633 nm	NE
Victoria	Sat 10:40 AM	3307 km	2055 miles	1785 nm	WNW