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 15:46:00 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 15:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 57'	South
Longitude:	55° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.21 meters/second, 1537.9 km/hour, 955.6 miles/hour or 830.4 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' 59.6"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.4"	955.28 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	north	955.29 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 58.3"	7.41 mi	east	0° 05' 26.8"	6.25 mi	north	9.69 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 15:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 60'	North
Longitude:	171° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.39 meters/second, 1607.0 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.7 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' 32.6"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 33.4"	998.51 mi	west	0° 10' 39.8"	12.21 mi	south	998.77 mi
24 hours	349° 00' 21.8"	754.87 mi	west	4° 24' 55.6"	303.42 mi	south	816.17 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
Pedro Juan Caballero *	Tue 12:46 PM	46 km	29 miles	25 nm	NNE
Ciudad del Este *	Tue 12:46 PM	310 km	193 miles	167 nm	SSE
Asuncion *	Tue 12:46 PM	317 km	197 miles	171 nm	SW
Encarnación *	Tue 12:46 PM	486 km	302 miles	262 nm	S
Criciúma *	Tue 1:46 PM	907 km	564 miles	490 nm	SE
Porto Alegre *	Tue 1:46 PM	909 km	565 miles	491 nm	SSE
São Paulo *	Tue 1:46 PM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	E
Salta	Tue 12:46 PM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	WSW
Sucre	Tue 11:46 AM	1071 km	665 miles	578 nm	WNW
Brasilia *	Tue 1:46 PM	1151 km	715 miles	621 nm	NE