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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 20:30:00 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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 42'	South
Longitude:	124° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.28 meters/second, 1635.4 km/hour, 1016.2 miles/hour or 883.1 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' 00.1"	16.94 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.94 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.9"	1016.16 mi	west	0° 00' 52.9"	1.01 mi	north	1016.18 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 18.0"	1.47 mi	west	0° 21' 14.6"	24.34 mi	north	24.38 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 15'	North
Longitude:	38° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.04 meters/second, 1526.5 km/hour, 948.6 miles/hour or 824.3 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' 31.1"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 13.4"	948.32 mi	west	0° 03' 47.2"	4.34 mi	north	948.15 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 45.7"	755.24 mi	east	1° 05' 38.0"	75.25 mi	north	756.43 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
Adamstown	Sun 12:30 PM	1601 km	995 miles	865 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Sun 3:30 PM	2312 km	1437 miles	1248 nm	SE
Papeete	Sun 10:30 AM	2796 km	1738 miles	1510 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Sun 10:30 AM	3924 km	2438 miles	2119 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 10:30 AM	3952 km	2456 miles	2134 nm	WNW
Galapagos Islands	Sun 2:30 PM	4013 km	2494 miles	2167 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Sun 2:30 PM	4411 km	2741 miles	2382 nm	NE
Guatemala	Sun 2:30 PM	4725 km	2936 miles	2551 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sun 2:30 PM	4785 km	2973 miles	2584 nm	NE
Alofi	Sun 9:30 AM	4952 km	3077 miles	2674 nm	WSW