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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 21:52:00 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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 28'	South
Longitude:	145° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.39 meters/second, 1574.6 km/hour, 978.4 miles/hour or 850.2 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 50.4"	978.16 mi	west	0° 00' 35.0"	0.67 mi	north	978.19 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 44.7"	4.07 mi	east	0° 14' 13.0"	16.30 mi	north	16.80 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	North
Longitude:	16° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.80 meters/second, 1511.3 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.0 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' 30.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.2"	938.80 mi	west	0° 00' 39.5"	0.76 mi	north	938.77 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 24.8"	757.34 mi	east	0° 10' 51.9"	12.46 mi	south	757.90 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	Tue 11:52 AM	495 km	308 miles	268 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Tue 11:52 AM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	W
Adamstown	Tue 1:52 PM	1687 km	1048 miles	911 nm	ESE
Alofi	Tue 10:52 AM	2582 km	1604 miles	1394 nm	W
Kiritimati	Wed 11:52 AM	2700 km	1678 miles	1458 nm	NNW
Apia *	Wed 11:52 AM	2885 km	1792 miles	1558 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 10:52 AM	3003 km	1866 miles	1621 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Wed 10:52 AM	3120 km	1939 miles	1685 nm	W
Easter Island *	Tue 4:52 PM	3765 km	2340 miles	2033 nm	ESE
Suva	Wed 9:52 AM	3816 km	2371 miles	2060 nm	W