diff --git a/website/app/components/DatePageNav.tsx b/website/app/components/DatePageNav.tsx
index 9a57394..cdb0e7b 100644
--- a/website/app/components/DatePageNav.tsx
+++ b/website/app/components/DatePageNav.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Button, Group } from "@mantine/core";
 import { Link } from "react-router";
+import { isTodayUtcDay } from "~/utils/dateTime";
 
 /**
  * `historic` has no button of its own — the comparison page is reached from the menu — but
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const PAGES: Array<{ page: DatePage; label: string; path: string }> = [
 
 export function DatePageNav({ password, urlDate, current }: DatePageNavProps) {
   const basePath = `/${password}/${urlDate}`;
+  const isToday = isTodayUtcDay(urlDate);
 
   return (
     <Group gap="xs">
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ export function DatePageNav({ password, urlDate, current }: DatePageNavProps) {
           variant={current === page ? "filled" : "light"}
           size="compact-md"
         >
-          {label}
+          {page === "live" && !isToday ? "Map" : label}
         </Button>
       ))}
     </Group>
diff --git a/website/app/routes/date/index.tsx b/website/app/routes/date/index.tsx
index bf740a0..17d60b2 100644
--- a/website/app/routes/date/index.tsx
+++ b/website/app/routes/date/index.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { Link, type MetaFunction } from "react-router";
 import * as Schema from "~/database/schema.d";
 import { getDb, getPasswordRouteAccess } from "~/routeContext";
-import { formatUtcDay } from "~/utils/dateTime";
+import { formatUtcDay, isTodayUtcDay } from "~/utils/dateTime";
 import type { Route } from "./+types/index";
 import {
   IconAntennaBars5,
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export async function loader({ context }: Route.LoaderArgs) {
 
 export default function Page({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
   const theme = useMantineTheme();
+  const isToday = isTodayUtcDay(loaderData.urlDate);
   if (!loaderData.hasData) {
     return (
       <Container fluid p="md">
@@ -97,9 +98,11 @@ export default function Page({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
           >
             <IconMap color={theme.colors.pink[6]} size={40} stroke={1.5} />
             <div>
-              <Text fw={600}>Live tracking map</Text>
+              <Text fw={600}>{isToday ? "Live tracking map" : "Map"}</Text>
               <Text size="xs" c="dimmed">
-                Follow along on the map
+                {isToday
+                  ? "Follow along on the map"
+                  : "See this day on the map"}
               </Text>
             </div>
           </UnstyledButton>
diff --git a/website/app/utils/dateTime.ts b/website/app/utils/dateTime.ts
index c255020..04e202a 100644
--- a/website/app/utils/dateTime.ts
+++ b/website/app/utils/dateTime.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ export const formatDateTimeWithSeconds = (rawTimestamp: number) =>
  */
 export const formatUtcDay = (dayString: string) => dayString;
 
+/** Today's UTC day bucket, in the same `YYYY-MM-DD` form as `events.date_string`. */
+export const todayUtcDay = () => DateTime.now().toUTC().toFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+
+/** Whether a `YYYY-MM-DD` UTC day bucket is today. */
+export const isTodayUtcDay = (dayString: string) =>
+  dayString === todayUtcDay();
+
 /**
  * A human duration between two stored timestamps, e.g. `2h 14m`, `47m`, `35s`.
  *