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 Friday, February 15, 2013 at 00:34:00 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 Friday, February 15, 2013 at 00:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 41'	South
Longitude:	174° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.60 meters/second, 1629.4 km/hour, 1012.4 miles/hour or 879.8 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"	16.88 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.88 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.8"	1012.37 mi	west	0° 00' 51.5"	0.98 mi	north	1012.40 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 47.5"	0.89 mi	west	0° 20' 42.3"	23.72 mi	north	23.74 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 00:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 44'	North
Longitude:	131° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.04 meters/second, 1584.2 km/hour, 984.4 miles/hour or 855.4 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' 31.8"	16.41 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.5"	984.25 mi	west	0° 09' 09.1"	10.49 mi	north	984.04 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 00.4"	763.17 mi	east	3° 20' 42.5"	229.98 mi	north	792.23 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
Lautoka	Fri 12:34 PM	617 km	383 miles	333 nm	SSE
Nadi	Fri 12:34 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Fri 12:34 PM	671 km	417 miles	362 nm	NE
Suva	Fri 12:34 PM	720 km	448 miles	389 nm	SSE
Port Vila	Fri 11:34 AM	889 km	553 miles	480 nm	SW
Noumea	Fri 11:34 AM	1379 km	857 miles	744 nm	SW
Nukualofa	Fri 1:34 PM	1420 km	882 miles	767 nm	SE
Apia *	Fri 2:34 PM	1465 km	910 miles	791 nm	E
Tarawa	Fri 12:34 PM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	N
Fakaofo	Fri 1:34 PM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	ENE