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 9, 2013 at 11:20:00 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 Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 11:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 32'	South
Longitude:	13° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.07 meters/second, 1616.7 km/hour, 1004.6 miles/hour or 872.9 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"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.0"	1004.44 mi	west	0° 00' 48.4"	0.92 mi	north	1004.47 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 15.4"	0.29 mi	east	0° 19' 29.1"	22.33 mi	north	22.33 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 11:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 05'	South
Longitude:	0° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.27 meters/second, 1567.0 km/hour, 973.7 miles/hour or 846.1 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' 26.8"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 55.4"	973.57 mi	west	0° 10' 04.3"	11.54 mi	north	973.97 mi
24 hours	12° 55' 24.2"	870.82 mi	east	4° 19' 12.6"	296.96 mi	north	926.46 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
Lubango	Sat 12:20 PM	49 km	30 miles	26 nm	SSE
Huambo	Sat 12:20 PM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	NE
Luanda	Sat 12:20 PM	631 km	392 miles	340 nm	N
Rundu *	Sat 1:20 PM	788 km	490 miles	426 nm	ESE
Walvis Bay *	Sat 1:20 PM	941 km	585 miles	508 nm	S
Windhoek *	Sat 1:20 PM	976 km	607 miles	527 nm	SSE
Cabinda	Sat 12:20 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	N
Kinshasa	Sat 12:20 PM	1151 km	715 miles	622 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Sat 12:20 PM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	N
Lubumbashi	Sat 1:20 PM	1573 km	977 miles	849 nm	E