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 Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 06:36:00 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 Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 06:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 04'	South
Longitude:	83° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.75 meters/second, 1568.7 km/hour, 974.8 miles/hour or 847.0 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"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 49.1"	974.49 mi	west	0° 00' 32.7"	0.62 mi	north	974.52 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 15.8"	4.62 mi	east	0° 13' 15.4"	15.20 mi	north	15.89 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 58'	North
Longitude:	177° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.96 meters/second, 1547.9 km/hour, 961.8 miles/hour or 835.8 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' 32.0"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 06.2"	0.12 mi	north	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 57.9"	961.60 mi	west	0° 06' 16.6"	7.20 mi	north	961.36 mi
24 hours	11° 18' 23.5"	748.20 mi	east	2° 08' 10.3"	146.93 mi	north	758.14 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
Diego Garcia	Sun 12:36 PM	1847 km	1148 miles	997 nm	NW
Port Louis	Sun 10:36 AM	2715 km	1687 miles	1466 nm	W
Male	Sun 11:36 AM	2895 km	1799 miles	1563 nm	NNW
Saint-Denis	Sun 10:36 AM	2922 km	1816 miles	1578 nm	W
Jakarta	Sun 1:36 PM	2955 km	1836 miles	1596 nm	ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:06 PM	3007 km	1868 miles	1624 nm	N
Singapore	Sun 2:36 PM	3243 km	2015 miles	1751 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Sun 2:36 PM	3248 km	2018 miles	1754 nm	NE
Port-aux-Francais	Sun 11:36 AM	3457 km	2148 miles	1866 nm	SSW
Perth	Sun 2:36 PM	3481 km	2163 miles	1880 nm	ESE