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 10:34:00 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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 53'	South
Longitude:	24° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.24 meters/second, 1628.1 km/hour, 1011.6 miles/hour or 879.1 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' 01.5"	1011.56 mi	west	0° 00' 51.2"	0.98 mi	north	1011.59 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 41.2"	0.77 mi	west	0° 20' 35.2"	23.59 mi	north	23.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 29'	North
Longitude:	71° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.25 meters/second, 1595.7 km/hour, 991.5 miles/hour or 861.6 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' 31.8"	16.53 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.53 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 50.5"	991.45 mi	west	0° 10' 00.1"	11.46 mi	north	991.28 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 10.9"	767.84 mi	east	3° 43' 10.5"	255.68 mi	north	804.83 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
Lubumbashi	Thu 12:34 PM	325 km	202 miles	175 nm	ENE
Kitwe	Thu 12:34 PM	375 km	233 miles	202 nm	E
Ndola	Thu 12:34 PM	419 km	261 miles	226 nm	E
Lusaka	Thu 12:34 PM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	SE
Mbuji-Mayi	Thu 11:34 AM	759 km	472 miles	410 nm	N
Rundu *	Thu 12:34 PM	773 km	480 miles	418 nm	SW
Harare	Thu 12:34 PM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	SE
Francistown	Thu 12:34 PM	963 km	598 miles	520 nm	SSE
Huambo	Thu 11:34 AM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	W
Lilongwe	Thu 12:34 PM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	E