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 Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 06:34:00 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 Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 06:34:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 27'	South
Longitude:	83° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.50 meters/second, 1668.6 km/hour, 1036.8 miles/hour or 901.0 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"	17.28 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	17.28 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.2"	1036.89 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	north	1036.90 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 10.2"	4.80 mi	west	0° 23' 41.5"	27.13 mi	north	27.56 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 06:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 04'	North
Longitude:	110° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.87 meters/second, 1587.1 km/hour, 986.2 miles/hour or 857.0 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"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	north	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 31.2"	986.11 mi	west	0° 09' 21.8"	10.73 mi	north	985.91 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 50.8"	774.92 mi	east	3° 26' 12.9"	236.28 mi	north	805.35 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
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 12:04 PM	1107 km	688 miles	598 nm	NNW
Colombo	Thu 12:04 PM	1112 km	691 miles	600 nm	NNW
Male	Thu 11:34 AM	1333 km	828 miles	720 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Thu 12:34 PM	1345 km	836 miles	726 nm	WSW
Thiruvananthapuram	Thu 12:04 PM	1414 km	878 miles	763 nm	NNW
Madurai	Thu 12:04 PM	1493 km	927 miles	806 nm	NNW
Chennai	Thu 12:04 PM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	NNW
Medan	Thu 1:34 PM	1810 km	1125 miles	977 nm	ENE
Bangalore	Thu 12:04 PM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	NNW
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 2:34 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	ENE