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 Tuesday, January 27, 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 Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 06:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 25'	South
Longitude:	91° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.17 meters/second, 1584.6 km/hour, 984.6 miles/hour or 855.6 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"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 52.4"	984.43 mi	west	0° 00' 38.9"	0.74 mi	north	984.46 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 55.7"	3.21 mi	east	0° 15' 42.6"	18.01 mi	north	18.29 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 48'	South
Longitude:	101° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.32 meters/second, 1567.1 km/hour, 973.8 miles/hour or 846.2 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' 33.3"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 22.1"	973.60 mi	west	0° 11' 57.0"	13.69 mi	north	974.14 mi
24 hours	10° 29' 55.8"	702.28 mi	east	5° 03' 20.1"	347.54 mi	north	790.04 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	Tue 1:06 PM	2153 km	1338 miles	1163 nm	NE
Bandung	Tue 1:06 PM	2167 km	1347 miles	1170 nm	NE
Diego Garcia	Tue 12:06 PM	2395 km	1488 miles	1293 nm	WNW
Singapore	Tue 2:06 PM	2569 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Tue 1:06 PM	2619 km	1627 miles	1414 nm	ENE
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 2:06 PM	2636 km	1638 miles	1423 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Tue 2:06 PM	2790 km	1734 miles	1507 nm	ENE
Pontianak	Tue 1:06 PM	2825 km	1755 miles	1525 nm	NE
Perth *	Tue 3:06 PM	2873 km	1785 miles	1551 nm	SE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 11:36 AM	3070 km	1908 miles	1658 nm	NNW