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 09:52:00 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 09:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 42'	South
Longitude:	35° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 457.28 meters/second, 1646.2 km/hour, 1022.9 miles/hour or 888.9 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"	1022.89 mi	west	0° 00' 55.1"	1.05 mi	north	1022.91 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 09.6"	2.46 mi	west	0° 22' 09.3"	25.38 mi	north	25.50 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 23, 2009 at 09:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 26'	South
Longitude:	16° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.83 meters/second, 1561.8 km/hour, 970.5 miles/hour or 843.3 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"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 02.1"	970.27 mi	west	0° 11' 46.8"	13.50 mi	north	970.82 mi
24 hours	10° 38' 43.8"	709.93 mi	east	5° 00' 52.1"	344.73 mi	north	796.05 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
Dodoma	Mon 12:52 PM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	N
Lilongwe	Mon 11:52 AM	494 km	307 miles	267 nm	SSW
Dar es Salaam	Mon 12:52 PM	564 km	351 miles	305 nm	NE
Zanzibar City	Mon 12:52 PM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	NE
Blantyre	Mon 11:52 AM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	S
Nampula	Mon 11:52 AM	752 km	467 miles	406 nm	SE
Mombasa	Mon 12:52 PM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	NE
Mwanza	Mon 12:52 PM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	NNW
Lubumbashi	Mon 11:52 AM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	WSW
Gitega	Mon 11:52 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	NW