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 Monday, February 18, 2013 at 08:30:00 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 Monday, February 18, 2013 at 08:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 31'	South
Longitude:	55° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.57 meters/second, 1636.5 km/hour, 1016.9 miles/hour or 883.6 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"	16.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.95 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.2"	1016.80 mi	west	0° 00' 53.0"	1.01 mi	north	1016.83 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 23.2"	1.57 mi	west	0° 21' 19.9"	24.44 mi	north	24.49 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 08:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 55'	North
Longitude:	147° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.25 meters/second, 1520.1 km/hour, 944.5 miles/hour or 820.8 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' 31.0"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 05.0"	944.31 mi	west	0° 02' 41.5"	3.09 mi	north	944.18 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 33.7"	755.20 mi	east	0° 38' 48.9"	44.51 mi	north	754.96 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
Victoria	Mon 12:30 PM	764 km	475 miles	412 nm	N
Port Louis	Mon 12:30 PM	976 km	606 miles	527 nm	S
Toamasina	Mon 11:30 AM	999 km	620 miles	539 nm	SW
Saint-Denis	Mon 12:30 PM	1036 km	644 miles	559 nm	S
Antananarivo	Mon 11:30 AM	1201 km	746 miles	648 nm	SW
Moroni	Mon 11:30 AM	1351 km	839 miles	729 nm	W
Dar es Salaam	Mon 11:30 AM	1877 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Mon 11:30 AM	1888 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	NW
Diego Garcia	Mon 2:30 PM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	ENE
Dodoma	Mon 11:30 AM	2281 km	1417 miles	1232 nm	WNW