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 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 Monday, February 18, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 21'	South
Longitude:	124° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 454.86 meters/second, 1637.5 km/hour, 1017.5 miles/hour or 884.2 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"	16.96 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.96 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 03.4"	1017.44 mi	west	0° 00' 53.3"	1.02 mi	north	1017.47 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 28.4"	1.67 mi	west	0° 21' 25.2"	24.54 mi	north	24.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	North
Longitude:	26° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.02 meters/second, 1515.7 km/hour, 941.8 miles/hour or 818.4 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' 30.9"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	north	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.0"	941.55 mi	west	0° 01' 34.4"	1.80 mi	north	941.48 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 35.6"	755.30 mi	east	0° 11' 34.7"	13.28 mi	north	754.94 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	Mon 12:30 PM	1637 km	1017 miles	884 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Mon 3:30 PM	2344 km	1456 miles	1265 nm	SE
Papeete	Mon 10:30 AM	2805 km	1743 miles	1515 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Mon 10:30 AM	3935 km	2445 miles	2125 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Tue 10:30 AM	3936 km	2446 miles	2125 nm	WNW
Galapagos Islands	Mon 2:30 PM	4006 km	2489 miles	2163 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Mon 2:30 PM	4382 km	2723 miles	2366 nm	NE
Guatemala	Mon 2:30 PM	4703 km	2923 miles	2540 nm	NE
San Salvador	Mon 2:30 PM	4764 km	2960 miles	2573 nm	NE
Managua	Mon 2:30 PM	4943 km	3072 miles	2669 nm	ENE