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 1, 2013 at 03:46:00 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 1, 2013 at 03:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 59'	South
Longitude:	124° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.07 meters/second, 1537.5 km/hour, 955.3 miles/hour or 830.2 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' 59.7"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.3"	954.98 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	north	954.99 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 00.7"	7.45 mi	east	0° 05' 13.1"	5.99 mi	north	9.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 05'	North
Longitude:	14° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.09 meters/second, 1598.7 km/hour, 993.4 miles/hour or 863.2 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' 32.4"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 29.7"	993.34 mi	west	0° 10' 09.2"	11.63 mi	south	993.64 mi
24 hours	10° 58' 58.3"	750.26 mi	east	4° 15' 03.4"	292.14 mi	south	808.62 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
Alice Springs	Tue 1:16 PM	1001 km	622 miles	541 nm	E
Eucla	Tue 12:31 PM	1073 km	666 miles	579 nm	SSE
Perth	Tue 11:46 AM	1284 km	798 miles	693 nm	SW
Darwin	Tue 1:16 PM	1366 km	849 miles	738 nm	NNE
Dili	Tue 12:46 PM	1605 km	997 miles	867 nm	N
Denpasar	Tue 11:46 AM	1846 km	1147 miles	997 nm	NNW
Adelaide *	Tue 2:16 PM	1932 km	1201 miles	1043 nm	SE
Makassar	Tue 11:46 AM	2038 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Tue 10:46 AM	2123 km	1319 miles	1146 nm	NW
Cairns	Tue 1:46 PM	2363 km	1468 miles	1276 nm	ENE