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 06:06:00 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 06:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 55'	South
Longitude:	91° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.86 meters/second, 1579.9 km/hour, 981.7 miles/hour or 853.1 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.36 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.4"	981.47 mi	west	0° 00' 37.1"	0.71 mi	north	981.50 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 19.10"	3.64 mi	east	0° 15' 02.3"	17.24 mi	north	17.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 47'	South
Longitude:	79° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.13 meters/second, 1490.9 km/hour, 926.4 miles/hour or 805.0 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' 31.0"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 08.7"	926.06 mi	west	0° 07' 48.9"	8.97 mi	north	926.55 mi
24 hours	11° 19' 00.1"	721.92 mi	east	3° 34' 54.6"	246.43 mi	north	771.28 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
Jakarta	Sun 1:06 PM	2196 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	NE
Bandung	Sun 1:06 PM	2208 km	1372 miles	1192 nm	NE
Diego Garcia	Sun 12:06 PM	2413 km	1499 miles	1303 nm	WNW
Singapore	Sun 2:06 PM	2622 km	1629 miles	1416 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Sun 1:06 PM	2654 km	1649 miles	1433 nm	ENE
Kuala Lumpur	Sun 2:06 PM	2692 km	1673 miles	1453 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Sun 2:06 PM	2820 km	1752 miles	1523 nm	ENE
Perth *	Sun 3:06 PM	2850 km	1771 miles	1539 nm	SE
Pontianak	Sun 1:06 PM	2872 km	1785 miles	1551 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 11:36 AM	3116 km	1936 miles	1682 nm	NNW