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 12:24:00 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 12:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 51'	South
Longitude:	2° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.29 meters/second, 1628.2 km/hour, 1011.7 miles/hour or 879.2 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' 01.4"	1011.67 mi	west	0° 00' 51.3"	0.98 mi	north	1011.70 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 42.0"	0.79 mi	west	0° 20' 36.2"	23.61 mi	north	23.62 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 47'	North
Longitude:	45° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.86 meters/second, 1594.3 km/hour, 990.6 miles/hour or 860.8 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"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 51.1"	990.57 mi	west	0° 09' 53.8"	11.34 mi	north	990.39 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 10.9"	767.14 mi	east	3° 40' 22.3"	252.48 mi	north	803.10 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
Jamestown	Thu 12:24 PM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	SW
São Tomé	Thu 12:24 PM	1795 km	1115 miles	969 nm	NE
Luanda	Thu 1:24 PM	1801 km	1119 miles	973 nm	ENE
Libreville	Thu 1:24 PM	1990 km	1236 miles	1074 nm	NE
Abidjan	Thu 12:24 PM	2015 km	1252 miles	1088 nm	N
Accra	Thu 12:24 PM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	N
Lome	Thu 12:24 PM	2145 km	1333 miles	1158 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Thu 12:24 PM	2194 km	1363 miles	1185 nm	N
Kinshasa	Thu 1:24 PM	2197 km	1365 miles	1187 nm	ENE
Brazzaville	Thu 1:24 PM	2198 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	ENE