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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 02:58:00 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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 02:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 43'	South
Longitude:	136° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.95 meters/second, 1540.6 km/hour, 957.3 miles/hour or 831.9 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"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.0"	956.96 mi	west	0° 00' 15.9"	0.30 mi	north	956.97 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 44.6"	7.18 mi	east	0° 06' 33.8"	7.53 mi	north	10.40 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 4, 2013 at 02:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 12'	South
Longitude:	30° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.90 meters/second, 1612.4 km/hour, 1001.9 miles/hour or 870.6 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' 31.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 18.5"	1001.86 mi	west	0° 11' 34.8"	13.26 mi	south	1001.82 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 19.1"	808.70 mi	east	4° 33' 04.2"	312.76 mi	south	864.09 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	Fri 12:28 PM	286 km	178 miles	154 nm	WSW
Cairns	Fri 12:58 PM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	ENE
Eucla	Fri 11:43 AM	1243 km	773 miles	671 nm	SW
Darwin	Fri 12:28 PM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	NNW
Adelaide *	Fri 1:28 PM	1371 km	852 miles	740 nm	S
Brisbane	Fri 12:58 PM	1752 km	1089 miles	946 nm	ESE
Canberra *	Fri 1:58 PM	1859 km	1155 miles	1004 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Fri 12:58 PM	1862 km	1157 miles	1005 nm	NE
Melbourne *	Fri 1:58 PM	1862 km	1157 miles	1005 nm	SSE
Sydney *	Fri 1:58 PM	1900 km	1181 miles	1026 nm	SE