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 Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 11:00:00 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 Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 11:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 35'	South
Longitude:	18° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.89 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.7 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' 00.0"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.6"	999.52 mi	west	0° 00' 46.3"	0.88 mi	north	999.55 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 53.0"	0.98 mi	east	0° 18' 39.4"	21.38 mi	north	21.40 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 11:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 50'	South
Longitude:	72° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.76 meters/second, 1485.9 km/hour, 923.3 miles/hour or 802.3 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' 28.6"	15.39 mi	west	0° 00' 06.8"	0.13 mi	south	15.39 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 33.8"	922.96 mi	west	0° 06' 42.2"	7.69 mi	south	922.61 mi
24 hours	12° 37' 53.8"	805.44 mi	east	2° 05' 02.1"	143.43 mi	south	811.85 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
Rundu *	Sat 1:00 PM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	SSE
Huambo	Sat 12:00 Noon	411 km	255 miles	222 nm	NW
Lubango	Sat 12:00 Noon	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	W
Windhoek *	Sat 1:00 PM	783 km	487 miles	423 nm	S
Walvis Bay *	Sat 1:00 PM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	SSW
Luanda	Sat 12:00 Noon	923 km	574 miles	499 nm	NW
Lusaka	Sat 1:00 PM	1077 km	669 miles	582 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Sat 1:00 PM	1089 km	677 miles	588 nm	ENE
Gaborone	Sat 1:00 PM	1285 km	798 miles	694 nm	SE
Kinshasa	Sat 12:00 Noon	1285 km	799 miles	694 nm	NNW