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 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 06:56:00 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 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 06:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 01'	South
Longitude:	78° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 458.19 meters/second, 1649.5 km/hour, 1024.9 miles/hour or 890.7 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"	17.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.08 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.9"	1024.95 mi	west	0° 00' 55.9"	1.07 mi	north	1024.97 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 26.0"	2.77 mi	west	0° 22' 24.7"	25.67 mi	north	25.82 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 06:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 36'	South
Longitude:	80° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.32 meters/second, 1613.9 km/hour, 1002.9 miles/hour or 871.5 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' 33.8"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 14.0"	0.27 mi	north	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 56.0"	1002.77 mi	west	0° 14' 09.6"	16.22 mi	north	1003.10 mi
24 hours	10° 27' 02.0"	719.48 mi	east	5° 46' 45.6"	397.13 mi	north	823.84 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	Wed 12:56 PM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	WNW
Male	Wed 11:56 AM	1580 km	982 miles	853 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 12:26 PM	1761 km	1094 miles	951 nm	N
Colombo	Wed 12:26 PM	1764 km	1096 miles	953 nm	N
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 12:26 PM	1950 km	1212 miles	1053 nm	N
Madurai	Wed 12:26 PM	2096 km	1302 miles	1131 nm	N
Bangalore	Wed 12:26 PM	2436 km	1514 miles	1315 nm	N
Chennai	Wed 12:26 PM	2448 km	1521 miles	1322 nm	N
Port Louis *	Wed 11:56 AM	2620 km	1628 miles	1415 nm	WSW
Victoria	Wed 10:56 AM	2646 km	1644 miles	1429 nm	W