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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:30:00 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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 34'	South
Longitude:	9° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.43 meters/second, 1553.2 km/hour, 965.1 miles/hour or 838.6 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"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.7"	964.78 mi	west	0° 00' 25.0"	0.48 mi	north	964.80 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 39.4"	6.07 mi	east	0° 10' 11.2"	11.68 mi	north	13.16 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 15'	South
Longitude:	17° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.47 meters/second, 1549.7 km/hour, 962.9 miles/hour or 836.8 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' 25.4"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 30.4"	962.81 mi	west	0° 09' 13.5"	10.57 mi	north	963.22 mi
24 hours	13° 24' 12.8"	894.64 mi	east	4° 03' 22.9"	278.87 mi	north	944.58 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
Swakopmund *	Sat 1:30 PM	551 km	342 miles	297 nm	ESE
Walvis Bay *	Sat 1:30 PM	556 km	345 miles	300 nm	ESE
Windhoek *	Sat 1:30 PM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	E
Lubango	Sat 12:30 PM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	NNE
Luanda	Sat 12:30 PM	1470 km	913 miles	794 nm	NNE
Cape Town	Sat 1:30 PM	1635 km	1016 miles	883 nm	SSE
Jamestown	Sat 11:30 AM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	WNW
Gaborone	Sat 1:30 PM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	ESE
Johannesburg	Sat 1:30 PM	1973 km	1226 miles	1065 nm	ESE
Pretoria	Sat 1:30 PM	1977 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	ESE