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

Annular Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the Jan 26, 2009 Annular Solar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.
• At the moment, the Annular phase of the eclipse is visible to anyone within the dark blue area surrounded by a red area on the map (red lines)
• The area under red lines are very close to see the same - but they see a partial eclipse

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, January 26, 2009 at 06:16:00 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 26, 2009 at 06:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 40'	South
Longitude:	88° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.52 meters/second, 1582.3 km/hour, 983.2 miles/hour or 854.4 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"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.8"	982.95 mi	west	0° 00' 38.0"	0.73 mi	north	982.99 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 07.8"	3.42 mi	east	0° 15' 22.8"	17.63 mi	north	17.96 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 06:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 11'	South
Longitude:	88° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.79 meters/second, 1529.3 km/hour, 950.2 miles/hour or 825.7 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' 32.2"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 19.6"	949.98 mi	west	0° 10' 07.6"	11.61 mi	north	950.53 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 37.2"	709.72 mi	east	4° 25' 07.5"	303.89 mi	north	780.07 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	Mon 12:16 PM	2178 km	1353 miles	1176 nm	WNW
Jakarta	Mon 1:16 PM	2390 km	1485 miles	1290 nm	ENE
Bandung	Mon 1:16 PM	2411 km	1498 miles	1302 nm	ENE
Singapore	Mon 2:16 PM	2749 km	1708 miles	1485 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Mon 2:16 PM	2792 km	1735 miles	1507 nm	NNE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:46 AM	2992 km	1859 miles	1616 nm	NNW
Male	Mon 11:16 AM	3036 km	1887 miles	1639 nm	NW
Pontianak	Mon 1:16 PM	3043 km	1891 miles	1643 nm	NE
Denpasar	Mon 2:16 PM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	ENE
Perth *	Mon 3:16 PM	3078 km	1912 miles	1662 nm	SE