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 18:44:00 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 18:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 46'	South
Longitude:	97° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.45 meters/second, 1628.8 km/hour, 1012.1 miles/hour or 879.5 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"	16.87 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.87 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.7"	1012.03 mi	west	0° 00' 51.4"	0.98 mi	north	1012.06 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 44.9"	0.84 mi	west	0° 20' 39.4"	23.67 mi	north	23.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 18:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 49'	North
Longitude:	46° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.43 meters/second, 1589.2 km/hour, 987.5 miles/hour or 858.1 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' 31.8"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.4"	987.37 mi	west	0° 09' 31.2"	10.91 mi	north	987.17 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 26.4"	764.94 mi	east	3° 30' 21.5"	241.02 mi	north	797.30 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
Galapagos Islands	Thu 12:44 PM	1590 km	988 miles	859 nm	NE
Easter Island *	Thu 1:44 PM	1994 km	1239 miles	1076 nm	SW
Lima	Thu 1:44 PM	2252 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	E
Guayaquil	Thu 1:44 PM	2286 km	1421 miles	1234 nm	ENE
Quito	Thu 1:44 PM	2536 km	1576 miles	1369 nm	ENE
San Jose	Thu 12:44 PM	2929 km	1820 miles	1582 nm	NNE
Managua	Thu 12:44 PM	3033 km	1885 miles	1638 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Thu 12:44 PM	3075 km	1911 miles	1660 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Thu 12:44 PM	3131 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	NNE
Panama	Thu 1:44 PM	3138 km	1950 miles	1695 nm	NE