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 Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 14:18:00 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 Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 14:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 46'	South
Longitude:	33° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.78 meters/second, 1540.0 km/hour, 956.9 miles/hour or 831.5 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.00 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.9"	956.57 mi	west	0° 00' 15.3"	0.29 mi	north	956.59 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 47.7"	7.23 mi	east	0° 06' 19.6"	7.26 mi	north	10.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 14:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 45'	South
Longitude:	145° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.15 meters/second, 1616.9 km/hour, 1004.7 miles/hour or 873.1 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' 31.7"	16.75 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 49.3"	1004.68 mi	west	0° 11' 37.8"	13.32 mi	south	1004.72 mi
24 hours	11° 27' 49.8"	792.65 mi	east	4° 37' 38.4"	317.98 mi	south	852.35 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
Rio de Janeiro *	Thu 12:18 PM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	W
Salvador	Thu 11:18 AM	1200 km	746 miles	648 nm	NNW
São Paulo *	Thu 12:18 PM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	W
Recife	Thu 11:18 AM	1628 km	1012 miles	879 nm	N
Brasilia *	Thu 12:18 PM	1685 km	1047 miles	910 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Thu 11:18 AM	2171 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	NNW
Asuncion *	Thu 11:18 AM	2456 km	1526 miles	1326 nm	WSW
Montevideo *	Thu 12:18 PM	2570 km	1597 miles	1388 nm	SW
Buenos Aires	Thu 11:18 AM	2742 km	1704 miles	1481 nm	SW
Belém	Thu 11:18 AM	2854 km	1773 miles	1541 nm	NW