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 Monday, February 4, 2013 at 08:34:00 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 Monday, February 4, 2013 at 08:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 08'	South
Longitude:	54° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.66 meters/second, 1604.4 km/hour, 996.9 miles/hour or 866.3 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"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.6"	996.76 mi	west	0° 00' 45.0"	0.86 mi	north	996.79 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 15.4"	1.39 mi	east	0° 18' 09.9"	20.82 mi	north	20.87 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 4, 2013 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 53'	South
Longitude:	29° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.22 meters/second, 1520.0 km/hour, 944.5 miles/hour or 820.7 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' 25.4"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 29.7"	944.23 mi	west	0° 05' 15.3"	6.02 mi	south	944.00 mi
24 hours	14° 03' 21.4"	920.09 mi	east	1° 31' 27.4"	104.86 mi	south	921.77 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
Saint-Denis	Mon 12:34 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	S
Port Louis	Mon 12:34 PM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	SSE
Toamasina	Mon 11:34 AM	607 km	377 miles	327 nm	WSW
Antananarivo	Mon 11:34 AM	823 km	511 miles	444 nm	WSW
Antsirabe	Mon 11:34 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	WSW
Victoria	Mon 12:34 PM	1276 km	793 miles	689 nm	N
Moroni	Mon 11:34 AM	1325 km	824 miles	716 nm	WNW
Dar es Salaam	Mon 11:34 AM	1970 km	1224 miles	1064 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Mon 2:34 PM	2160 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	ENE
Mogadishu	Mon 11:34 AM	2258 km	1403 miles	1219 nm	NNW