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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 06:44:00 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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 06:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 56'	South
Longitude:	82° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.14 meters/second, 1627.7 km/hour, 1011.4 miles/hour or 878.9 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"	16.86 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.86 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.3"	1011.34 mi	west	0° 00' 51.1"	0.98 mi	north	1011.37 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 39.3"	0.74 mi	west	0° 20' 33.3"	23.55 mi	north	23.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 06:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 50'	North
Longitude:	127° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.04 meters/second, 1598.5 km/hour, 993.3 miles/hour or 863.1 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' 31.7"	16.55 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	north	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 49.0"	993.23 mi	west	0° 10' 13.0"	11.70 mi	north	993.07 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 18.2"	769.37 mi	east	3° 48' 53.7"	262.23 mi	north	808.52 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	Thu 12:44 PM	1244 km	773 miles	672 nm	WNW
Male	Thu 11:44 AM	2126 km	1321 miles	1148 nm	NNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 12:14 PM	2208 km	1372 miles	1192 nm	N
Colombo	Thu 12:14 PM	2212 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	N
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 12:14 PM	2443 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NNW
Madurai	Thu 12:14 PM	2569 km	1596 miles	1387 nm	N
Port Louis	Thu 10:44 AM	2758 km	1714 miles	1489 nm	WSW
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 2:44 PM	2788 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	NE
Jakarta	Thu 1:44 PM	2796 km	1737 miles	1510 nm	ENE
Singapore	Thu 2:44 PM	2856 km	1775 miles	1542 nm	ENE