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 29, 2013 at 02:46:00 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 29, 2013 at 02:46:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 55'	South
Longitude:	141° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.44 meters/second, 1589.2 km/hour, 987.5 miles/hour or 858.1 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"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 53.4"	987.28 mi	west	0° 00' 40.3"	0.77 mi	north	987.31 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 30.0"	2.74 mi	east	0° 16' 18.5"	18.69 mi	north	18.90 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 02:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 13'	North
Longitude:	18° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.88 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.6 miles/hour or 868.7 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"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 08.0"	999.61 mi	west	0° 10' 53.8"	12.48 mi	south	999.85 mi
24 hours	11° 09' 48.1"	767.71 mi	east	4° 29' 23.4"	308.53 mi	south	829.69 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
Cairns	Tue 12:46 PM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	ENE
Alice Springs	Tue 12:16 PM	1020 km	634 miles	551 nm	SW
Port Moresby	Tue 12:46 PM	1120 km	696 miles	605 nm	NE
Darwin	Tue 12:16 PM	1293 km	804 miles	698 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Tue 12:46 PM	1587 km	986 miles	857 nm	SE
Jayapura	Tue 11:46 AM	1702 km	1058 miles	919 nm	N
Adelaide *	Tue 1:16 PM	1908 km	1186 miles	1030 nm	S
Eucla	Tue 11:31 AM	1984 km	1233 miles	1071 nm	SW
Dili	Tue 11:46 AM	2010 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	WNW
Sydney *	Tue 1:46 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	SSE