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, March 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 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, March 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 00'	South
Longitude:	72° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.79 meters/second, 1666.0 km/hour, 1035.2 miles/hour or 899.6 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' 00.1"	17.25 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.26 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.5"	1035.29 mi	west	0° 00' 58.7"	1.12 mi	north	1035.30 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 53.4"	4.47 mi	west	0° 23' 33.5"	26.98 mi	north	27.35 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 37'	South
Longitude:	52° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.27 meters/second, 1603.0 km/hour, 996.0 miles/hour or 865.5 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' 29.7"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 41.4"	996.02 mi	west	0° 11' 27.8"	13.13 mi	north	996.30 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 14.3"	820.29 mi	east	4° 40' 14.2"	320.95 mi	north	883.59 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
Diego Garcia	Sun 1:20 PM	368 km	229 miles	199 nm	S
Addu City	Sun 12:20 PM	379 km	236 miles	205 nm	NNE
Male	Sun 12:20 PM	915 km	568 miles	494 nm	N
Colombo	Sun 12:50 PM	1472 km	915 miles	795 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sun 12:50 PM	1473 km	915 miles	795 nm	NE
Thiruvananthapuram	Sun 12:50 PM	1477 km	918 miles	797 nm	NNE
Madurai	Sun 12:50 PM	1670 km	1037 miles	902 nm	NNE
Victoria	Sun 11:20 AM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	W
Bangalore	Sun 12:50 PM	1966 km	1221 miles	1061 nm	NNE
Chennai	Sun 12:50 PM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	NNE