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 Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 12:36:00 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 Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 12:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 10'	South
Longitude:	5° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 453.50 meters/second, 1632.6 km/hour, 1014.5 miles/hour or 881.5 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"	16.91 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.91 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.5"	1014.40 mi	west	0° 00' 52.3"	1.00 mi	north	1014.43 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 04.0"	1.20 mi	west	0° 20' 59.9"	24.06 mi	north	24.09 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 12:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 29'	North
Longitude:	64° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.88 meters/second, 1551.2 km/hour, 963.9 miles/hour or 837.6 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' 31.5"	16.06 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	north	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 37.5"	963.68 mi	west	0° 06' 31.0"	7.47 mi	north	963.43 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 21.9"	756.70 mi	east	2° 13' 26.9"	152.97 mi	north	767.57 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	Sat 12:36 PM	416 km	259 miles	225 nm	S
Abidjan	Sat 12:36 PM	1943 km	1207 miles	1049 nm	N
São Tomé	Sat 12:36 PM	1954 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	NE
Accra	Sat 12:36 PM	2053 km	1276 miles	1108 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Sat 12:36 PM	2100 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	N
Luanda	Sat 1:36 PM	2111 km	1312 miles	1140 nm	E
Monrovia	Sat 12:36 PM	2119 km	1316 miles	1144 nm	NNW
Lome	Sat 12:36 PM	2166 km	1346 miles	1169 nm	NNE
Libreville	Sat 1:36 PM	2181 km	1355 miles	1178 nm	NE
Porto Novo	Sat 1:36 PM	2271 km	1411 miles	1226 nm	NNE