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 08:30:00 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, January 26, 2009 at 08:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 39'	South
Longitude:	55° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.58 meters/second, 1582.5 km/hour, 983.3 miles/hour or 854.5 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.9"	983.09 mi	west	0° 00' 38.1"	0.73 mi	north	983.12 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 06.7"	3.40 mi	east	0° 15' 24.7"	17.67 mi	north	17.99 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 08:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 48'	South
Longitude:	55° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.81 meters/second, 1532.9 km/hour, 952.5 miles/hour or 827.7 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' 32.3"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 10.3"	0.20 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 26.0"	952.26 mi	west	0° 10' 19.1"	11.83 mi	north	952.81 mi
24 hours	10° 49' 17.4"	708.79 mi	east	4° 29' 11.6"	308.54 mi	north	780.96 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
Saint-Denis	Mon 12:30 PM	248 km	154 miles	134 nm	S
Port Louis *	Mon 1:30 PM	280 km	174 miles	151 nm	SE
Toamasina	Mon 11:30 AM	633 km	393 miles	342 nm	W
Antananarivo	Mon 11:30 AM	828 km	515 miles	447 nm	W
Antsirabe	Mon 11:30 AM	887 km	551 miles	479 nm	W
Moroni	Mon 11:30 AM	1507 km	936 miles	814 nm	WNW
Victoria	Mon 12:30 PM	1551 km	964 miles	838 nm	N
Dar es Salaam	Mon 11:30 AM	2179 km	1354 miles	1177 nm	NW
Diego Garcia	Mon 2:30 PM	2230 km	1385 miles	1204 nm	ENE
Lilongwe	Mon 10:30 AM	2363 km	1468 miles	1276 nm	W