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 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 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 Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 16'	South
Longitude:	73° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.62 meters/second, 1618.6 km/hour, 1005.8 miles/hour or 874.0 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"	16.76 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.76 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.4"	1005.66 mi	west	0° 00' 48.8"	0.93 mi	north	1005.69 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 05.6"	0.11 mi	east	0° 19' 40.10"	22.56 mi	north	22.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 31'	South
Longitude:	71° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.36 meters/second, 1588.9 km/hour, 987.3 miles/hour or 857.9 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"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.21 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 15.2"	987.25 mi	west	0° 11' 16.5"	12.92 mi	north	987.61 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 01.5"	847.15 mi	east	4° 40' 08.6"	320.87 mi	north	910.40 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
Diego Garcia	Sun 1:20 PM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	N
Port Louis	Sun 11:20 AM	1800 km	1118 miles	972 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Sun 11:20 AM	2027 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	WSW
Male	Sun 12:20 PM	2039 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	N
Victoria	Sun 11:20 AM	2227 km	1384 miles	1202 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:50 PM	2451 km	1523 miles	1324 nm	NNE
Colombo	Sun 12:50 PM	2453 km	1524 miles	1324 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Sun 12:50 PM	2550 km	1585 miles	1377 nm	N
Antananarivo	Sun 10:20 AM	2794 km	1736 miles	1509 nm	WSW
Bangalore	Sun 12:50 PM	3049 km	1894 miles	1646 nm	N