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 Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 13:34:00 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 Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 13:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 22'	South
Longitude:	20° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.12 meters/second, 1602.4 km/hour, 995.7 miles/hour or 865.3 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"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.2"	995.56 mi	west	0° 00' 44.4"	0.85 mi	north	995.59 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 24.7"	1.56 mi	east	0° 17' 56.7"	20.57 mi	north	20.63 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 13:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 52'	South
Longitude:	115° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.65 meters/second, 1539.5 km/hour, 956.6 miles/hour or 831.3 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' 26.8"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 45.10"	956.40 mi	west	0° 07' 19.1"	8.39 mi	south	956.13 mi
24 hours	13° 36' 13.6"	900.66 mi	east	2° 26' 10.8"	167.57 mi	south	910.13 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
Jamestown	Sun 1:34 PM	1562 km	971 miles	843 nm	E
Recife	Sun 10:34 AM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	WNW
Salvador	Sun 10:34 AM	1992 km	1238 miles	1075 nm	W
Fortaleza	Sun 10:34 AM	2437 km	1514 miles	1316 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sun 11:34 AM	2503 km	1555 miles	1352 nm	WSW
Monrovia	Sun 1:34 PM	2719 km	1689 miles	1468 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sun 1:34 PM	2857 km	1775 miles	1543 nm	NNE
São Paulo *	Sun 11:34 AM	2862 km	1779 miles	1546 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Sun 11:34 AM	2948 km	1832 miles	1592 nm	W
Conakry	Sun 1:34 PM	2953 km	1835 miles	1594 nm	NNE