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 Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 04:52:00 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 Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 04:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 10'	South
Longitude:	109° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.21 meters/second, 1577.6 km/hour, 980.2 miles/hour or 851.8 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' 59.9"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.0"	980.01 mi	west	0° 00' 36.2"	0.69 mi	north	980.04 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 29.2"	3.80 mi	east	0° 14' 40.3"	16.82 mi	north	17.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 04:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 22'	North
Longitude:	105° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.85 meters/second, 1515.1 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.1 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' 30.6"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 41.3"	941.18 mi	west	0° 02' 20.6"	2.69 mi	south	941.30 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 52.4"	758.79 mi	east	1° 22' 27.9"	94.55 mi	south	767.92 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
Malang	Thu 11:52 AM	1279 km	795 miles	691 nm	NNE
Surakarta	Thu 11:52 AM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	N
Denpasar	Thu 12:52 PM	1304 km	810 miles	704 nm	NNE
Semarang	Thu 11:52 AM	1350 km	839 miles	729 nm	N
Surabaya	Thu 11:52 AM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	NNE
Bandung	Thu 11:52 AM	1374 km	854 miles	742 nm	N
Jakarta	Thu 11:52 AM	1475 km	917 miles	797 nm	NNW
Perth	Thu 12:52 PM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	SSE
Palembang	Thu 11:52 AM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	NNW
Makassar	Thu 12:52 PM	1873 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	NE