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 03:58:00 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 03:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 42'	South
Longitude:	121° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.97 meters/second, 1540.7 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"	956.99 mi	west	0° 00' 15.9"	0.30 mi	north	957.01 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 44.4"	7.17 mi	east	0° 06' 35.0"	7.55 mi	north	10.42 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 4, 2013 at 03:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 24'	South
Longitude:	16° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.76 meters/second, 1611.9 km/hour, 1001.6 miles/hour or 870.4 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.7"	1001.55 mi	west	0° 11' 34.2"	13.25 mi	south	1001.51 mi
24 hours	11° 44' 41.1"	810.07 mi	east	4° 32' 32.4"	312.16 mi	south	865.05 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
Newman	Fri 11:58 AM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	WSW
Perth	Fri 11:58 AM	1164 km	724 miles	629 nm	SSW
Eucla	Fri 12:43 PM	1237 km	769 miles	668 nm	SE
Alice Springs	Fri 1:28 PM	1275 km	793 miles	689 nm	E
Darwin	Fri 1:28 PM	1508 km	937 miles	814 nm	NE
Dili	Fri 12:58 PM	1627 km	1011 miles	878 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Fri 11:58 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	912 nm	NNW
Malang	Fri 10:58 AM	1876 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Fri 10:58 AM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	NNW
Makassar	Fri 11:58 AM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	N