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, December 29, 2008 at 07:30:00 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, December 29, 2008 at 07:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 12'	South
Longitude:	67° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.40 meters/second, 1535.0 km/hour, 953.8 miles/hour or 828.9 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"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.7"	953.47 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	953.48 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 15.8"	7.70 mi	east	0° 03' 53.8"	4.47 mi	north	8.91 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 29, 2008 at 07:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 45'	South
Longitude:	88° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.47 meters/second, 1502.9 km/hour, 933.9 miles/hour or 811.5 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' 31.6"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 40.9"	933.55 mi	west	0° 08' 30.6"	9.76 mi	north	934.07 mi
24 hours	11° 05' 25.9"	712.78 mi	east	3° 49' 24.9"	263.03 mi	north	768.09 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 *	Mon 12:30 PM	1114 km	692 miles	602 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:30 AM	1297 km	806 miles	700 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Mon 1:30 PM	1825 km	1134 miles	985 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Mon 10:30 AM	2155 km	1339 miles	1164 nm	W
Victoria	Mon 11:30 AM	2445 km	1519 miles	1320 nm	NW
Moroni	Mon 10:30 AM	2887 km	1794 miles	1559 nm	WNW
Port-aux-Francais	Mon 12:30 PM	2910 km	1808 miles	1571 nm	S
Male	Mon 12:30 PM	3092 km	1921 miles	1670 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Mon 10:30 AM	3546 km	2204 miles	1915 nm	WNW
Maputo	Mon 9:30 AM	3566 km	2216 miles	1926 nm	WSW