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 19, 2013 at 12:36:00 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 19, 2013 at 12:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 14'	South
Longitude:	6° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.30 meters/second, 1567.1 km/hour, 973.7 miles/hour or 846.2 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"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 48.6"	973.48 mi	west	0° 00' 32.0"	0.61 mi	north	973.50 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 24.4"	4.77 mi	east	0° 12' 58.6"	14.88 mi	north	15.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 12:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 52'	North
Longitude:	84° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.61 meters/second, 1564.6 km/hour, 972.2 miles/hour or 844.8 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' 32.2"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.20 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 16.6"	972.04 mi	west	0° 07' 37.6"	8.74 mi	north	971.80 mi
24 hours	11° 10' 01.3"	746.71 mi	east	2° 42' 31.2"	186.27 mi	north	764.78 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
Jamestown	Sat 12:36 PM	485 km	301 miles	262 nm	N
Windhoek *	Sat 2:36 PM	2466 km	1532 miles	1331 nm	E
Luanda	Sat 1:36 PM	2475 km	1538 miles	1336 nm	ENE
São Tomé	Sat 12:36 PM	2698 km	1677 miles	1457 nm	NE
Abidjan	Sat 12:36 PM	2840 km	1765 miles	1533 nm	N
Libreville	Sat 1:36 PM	2873 km	1785 miles	1552 nm	NE
Cape Town	Sat 2:36 PM	2894 km	1798 miles	1563 nm	SE
Accra	Sat 12:36 PM	2935 km	1824 miles	1585 nm	NNE
Kinshasa	Sat 1:36 PM	2953 km	1835 miles	1594 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 1:36 PM	2955 km	1836 miles	1595 nm	NE