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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 18:40:00 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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 18:40:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 36'	South
Longitude:	96° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.59 meters/second, 1600.5 km/hour, 994.5 miles/hour or 864.2 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' 59.9"	16.58 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.58 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.8"	994.36 mi	west	0° 00' 44.0"	0.84 mi	north	994.39 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 34.2"	1.73 mi	east	0° 17' 43.2"	20.31 mi	north	20.38 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 18:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 16'	South
Longitude:	157° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.71 meters/second, 1561.4 km/hour, 970.2 miles/hour or 843.1 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' 28.1"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 05.4"	970.00 mi	west	0° 08' 58.3"	10.28 mi	south	969.73 mi
24 hours	13° 05' 06.9"	877.31 mi	east	3° 11' 44.9"	219.76 mi	south	897.92 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
Easter Island *	Sat 1:40 PM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 12:40 PM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	NNE
Lima	Sat 1:40 PM	2193 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 1:40 PM	2444 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NE
Quito	Sat 1:40 PM	2706 km	1682 miles	1461 nm	NE
La Paz	Sat 2:40 PM	3061 km	1902 miles	1653 nm	E
Santiago *	Sat 3:40 PM	3217 km	1999 miles	1737 nm	SE
San Jose	Sat 12:40 PM	3253 km	2021 miles	1757 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sat 2:40 PM	3354 km	2084 miles	1811 nm	E
Managua	Sat 12:40 PM	3386 km	2104 miles	1828 nm	NNE