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 16:02:00 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 16:02:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 03'	South
Longitude:	57° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.51 meters/second, 1578.6 km/hour, 980.9 miles/hour or 852.4 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"	16.35 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.35 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 51.2"	980.68 mi	west	0° 00' 36.7"	0.70 mi	north	980.71 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 23.6"	3.70 mi	east	0° 14' 50.0"	17.01 mi	north	17.40 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 16:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 50'	North
Longitude:	91° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.29 meters/second, 1520.2 km/hour, 944.6 miles/hour or 820.9 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"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.06 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.6"	944.41 mi	west	0° 03' 24.5"	3.91 mi	south	944.58 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 22.4"	758.62 mi	east	1° 47' 23.1"	123.11 mi	south	772.62 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
Santa Cruz	Thu 12:02 PM	593 km	368 miles	320 nm	WNW
Barra do Garças	Thu 1:02 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	ENE
Asuncion *	Thu 1:02 PM	690 km	429 miles	373 nm	S
Sucre	Thu 12:02 PM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	W
Salta	Thu 1:02 PM	1015 km	631 miles	548 nm	SW
Brasilia *	Thu 2:02 PM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	ENE
La Paz	Thu 12:02 PM	1138 km	707 miles	615 nm	WNW
São Paulo *	Thu 2:02 PM	1255 km	780 miles	677 nm	ESE
Córdoba	Thu 1:02 PM	1515 km	941 miles	818 nm	SSW
Rosario	Thu 1:02 PM	1567 km	974 miles	846 nm	S