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 22:20:00 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 22:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 40'	South
Longitude:	153° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.16 meters/second, 1552.2 km/hour, 964.5 miles/hour or 838.1 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"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.5"	964.17 mi	west	0° 00' 24.3"	0.47 mi	north	964.19 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 44.6"	6.16 mi	east	0° 09' 57.4"	11.42 mi	north	12.97 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 11, 2013 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 07'	South
Longitude:	152° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.91 meters/second, 1533.3 km/hour, 952.7 miles/hour or 827.9 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' 24.3"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 26.5"	952.58 mi	west	0° 07' 52.3"	9.02 mi	north	952.95 mi
24 hours	13° 50' 55.0"	915.65 mi	east	3° 36' 43.7"	248.37 mi	north	956.68 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
Papeete	Fri 12:20 PM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Fri 12:20 PM	680 km	423 miles	367 nm	W
Alofi	Fri 11:20 AM	1765 km	1097 miles	953 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 12:20 PM	2146 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 11:20 AM	2277 km	1415 miles	1230 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 11:20 AM	2358 km	1465 miles	1273 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Fri 2:20 PM	2392 km	1486 miles	1291 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Sat 12:20 PM	2641 km	1641 miles	1426 nm	N
Suva *	Sat 11:20 AM	2989 km	1858 miles	1614 nm	W
Chatham Islands *	Sat 12:05 PM	3281 km	2039 miles	1771 nm	SW