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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 06:34:00 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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 06:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 17'	South
Longitude:	84° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 451.52 meters/second, 1625.5 km/hour, 1010.0 miles/hour or 877.7 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"	16.83 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.83 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.8"	1009.93 mi	west	0° 00' 50.6"	0.97 mi	north	1009.96 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 28.0"	0.53 mi	west	0° 20' 20.7"	23.31 mi	north	23.32 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 06:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 28'	North
Longitude:	118° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.80 meters/second, 1612.1 km/hour, 1001.7 miles/hour or 870.4 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' 31.3"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 27.5"	1001.67 mi	west	0° 11' 19.5"	12.97 mi	north	1001.62 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 10.4"	781.81 mi	east	4° 19' 59.8"	297.79 mi	north	833.75 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	Wed 12:34 PM	1504 km	935 miles	812 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 12:04 PM	2294 km	1425 miles	1239 nm	NNW
Male	Wed 11:34 AM	2297 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	NNW
Colombo	Wed 12:04 PM	2298 km	1428 miles	1241 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Wed 1:34 PM	2542 km	1580 miles	1373 nm	ENE
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 12:04 PM	2559 km	1590 miles	1382 nm	NNW
Bandung	Wed 1:34 PM	2598 km	1614 miles	1403 nm	ENE
Kuala Lumpur	Wed 2:34 PM	2606 km	1619 miles	1407 nm	NE
Singapore	Wed 2:34 PM	2651 km	1648 miles	1432 nm	NE
Port Louis	Wed 10:34 AM	3003 km	1866 miles	1621 nm	WSW