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 11, 2013 at 07:44:00 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 11, 2013 at 07:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 45'	South
Longitude:	65° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.87 meters/second, 1551.1 km/hour, 963.8 miles/hour or 837.5 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"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.06 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.1"	963.51 mi	west	0° 00' 23.7"	0.45 mi	north	963.54 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 50.2"	6.25 mi	east	0° 09' 42.1"	11.13 mi	north	12.77 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 11, 2013 at 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 48'	South
Longitude:	57° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.39 meters/second, 1517.0 km/hour, 942.6 miles/hour or 819.1 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' 23.4"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 26.0"	942.43 mi	west	0° 06' 04.7"	6.97 mi	north	942.74 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 24.6"	936.95 mi	east	2° 59' 35.7"	205.86 mi	north	966.98 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
Port Louis	Fri 11:44 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:44 AM	1069 km	664 miles	577 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:44 PM	1751 km	1088 miles	945 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Fri 10:44 AM	1924 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	W
Victoria	Fri 11:44 AM	2195 km	1364 miles	1185 nm	NNW
Moroni	Fri 10:44 AM	2632 km	1635 miles	1421 nm	WNW
Male	Fri 12:44 PM	2992 km	1859 miles	1616 nm	NNE
Port-aux-Francais	Fri 12:44 PM	3087 km	1918 miles	1667 nm	S
Dar es Salaam	Fri 10:44 AM	3286 km	2042 miles	1774 nm	WNW
Maputo	Fri 9:44 AM	3397 km	2111 miles	1834 nm	WSW