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 09:52:00 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 09:52:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 07'	South
Longitude:	34° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.34 meters/second, 1578.0 km/hour, 980.5 miles/hour or 852.1 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' 51.1"	980.31 mi	west	0° 00' 36.3"	0.70 mi	north	980.34 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 26.7"	3.76 mi	east	0° 14' 44.6"	16.90 mi	north	17.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 09'	North
Longitude:	178° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.43 meters/second, 1517.2 km/hour, 942.7 miles/hour or 819.2 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"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 42.4"	942.48 mi	west	0° 02' 49.4"	3.24 mi	south	942.63 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 53.3"	758.75 mi	east	1° 33' 43.1"	107.45 mi	south	769.96 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
Beira	Thu 11:52 AM	80 km	50 miles	43 nm	S
Mutare	Thu 11:52 AM	221 km	137 miles	119 nm	W
Blantyre	Thu 11:52 AM	369 km	230 miles	199 nm	N
Harare	Thu 11:52 AM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	WNW
Lilongwe	Thu 11:52 AM	577 km	359 miles	312 nm	N
Nampula	Thu 11:52 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	NE
Bulawayo	Thu 11:52 AM	658 km	409 miles	355 nm	W
Maputo	Thu 11:52 AM	791 km	491 miles	427 nm	SSW
Francistown	Thu 11:52 AM	791 km	491 miles	427 nm	WSW
Lusaka	Thu 11:52 AM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	WNW