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 Friday, February 8, 2013 at 17:20:00 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 Friday, February 8, 2013 at 17:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 47'	South
Longitude:	76° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.58 meters/second, 1614.9 km/hour, 1003.4 miles/hour or 872.0 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° 15' 00.0"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.7"	1003.33 mi	west	0° 00' 48.0"	0.92 mi	north	1003.36 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 24.0"	0.45 mi	east	0° 19' 18.2"	22.12 mi	north	22.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 8, 2013 at 17:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 52'	South
Longitude:	99° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.28 meters/second, 1545.4 km/hour, 960.3 miles/hour or 834.5 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' 25.7"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 44.4"	960.13 mi	west	0° 08' 30.1"	9.74 mi	north	960.52 mi
24 hours	13° 24' 12.2"	891.91 mi	east	3° 48' 35.1"	261.93 mi	north	936.99 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
Ica	Fri 12:20 PM	130 km	81 miles	70 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 12:20 PM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	N
Arequipa	Fri 12:20 PM	586 km	364 miles	317 nm	ESE
La Paz	Fri 1:20 PM	942 km	585 miles	508 nm	ESE
Sucre	Fri 1:20 PM	1309 km	813 miles	707 nm	ESE
Guayaquil	Fri 12:20 PM	1432 km	890 miles	773 nm	NNW
Quito	Fri 12:20 PM	1620 km	1007 miles	875 nm	N
Galapagos Islands	Fri 11:20 AM	2088 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	NW
Santiago *	Fri 2:20 PM	2155 km	1339 miles	1164 nm	SSE
Bogota	Fri 12:20 PM	2166 km	1346 miles	1170 nm	N