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 13:34:00 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 13:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 30'	South
Longitude:	20° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.93 meters/second, 1630.5 km/hour, 1013.2 miles/hour or 880.4 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"	16.89 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.89 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.0"	1013.11 mi	west	0° 00' 51.7"	0.99 mi	north	1013.14 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 53.6"	1.01 mi	west	0° 20' 48.7"	23.85 mi	north	23.87 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 13:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 37'	North
Longitude:	39° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.78 meters/second, 1572.4 km/hour, 977.0 miles/hour or 849.0 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"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.29 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 49.9"	976.92 mi	west	0° 08' 16.0"	9.47 mi	north	976.68 mi
24 hours	11° 18' 14.0"	760.03 mi	east	2° 57' 51.6"	203.83 mi	north	781.96 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	Fri 1:34 PM	1613 km	1002 miles	871 nm	ESE
Recife	Fri 10:34 AM	1675 km	1041 miles	904 nm	WNW
Salvador	Fri 10:34 AM	1981 km	1231 miles	1069 nm	W
Fortaleza	Fri 10:34 AM	2238 km	1391 miles	1209 nm	WNW
Monrovia	Fri 1:34 PM	2328 km	1447 miles	1257 nm	NNE
Freetown	Fri 1:34 PM	2447 km	1520 miles	1321 nm	NNE
Conakry	Fri 1:34 PM	2539 km	1578 miles	1371 nm	NNE
Abidjan	Fri 1:34 PM	2666 km	1657 miles	1439 nm	NE
Rio de Janeiro *	Fri 11:34 AM	2689 km	1671 miles	1452 nm	WSW
Yamoussoukro	Fri 1:34 PM	2703 km	1680 miles	1460 nm	NE