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, February 23, 2009 at 07:58:00 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, February 23, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 44'	South
Longitude:	63° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 457.24 meters/second, 1646.1 km/hour, 1022.8 miles/hour or 888.8 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° 15' 00.1"	17.05 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.05 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.2"	1022.80 mi	west	0° 00' 55.1"	1.05 mi	north	1022.82 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 09.0"	2.44 mi	west	0° 22' 08.6"	25.37 mi	north	25.48 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 23, 2009 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 49'	South
Longitude:	44° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.02 meters/second, 1558.9 km/hour, 968.6 miles/hour or 841.7 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' 32.9"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 58.0"	968.45 mi	west	0° 11' 38.6"	13.34 mi	north	969.00 mi
24 hours	10° 40' 02.5"	710.11 mi	east	4° 57' 58.9"	341.43 mi	north	794.93 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 1:58 PM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	ENE
Victoria	Mon 11:58 AM	1060 km	658 miles	572 nm	WNW
Port Louis *	Mon 12:58 PM	1325 km	824 miles	716 nm	SSW
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:58 AM	1509 km	938 miles	815 nm	SW
Male	Mon 12:58 PM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	NE
Antananarivo	Mon 10:58 AM	2005 km	1246 miles	1083 nm	WSW
Moroni	Mon 10:58 AM	2225 km	1383 miles	1201 nm	W
Mogadishu	Mon 10:58 AM	2405 km	1494 miles	1298 nm	WNW
Thiruvananthapuram	Mon 1:28 PM	2504 km	1556 miles	1352 nm	NE
Colombo	Mon 1:28 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	NE