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Day and Night World Map

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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.

Map showing day and night parts of the world

See where the moon is over the horizon

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Map notes

Position of the Sun

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 08:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 20° 15' North
Longitude: 51° 52' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.33 meters/second, 1567.2 km/hour, 973.8 miles/hour or 846.2 knots.The table below shows the Sun position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 15' 00.0"16.23 miwest0° 00' 00.5"0.01 minorth16.23 mi
1 hour14° 59' 57.4"973.55 miwest0° 00' 30.0"0.58 minorth973.52 mi
24 hours0° 01' 04.1"1.16 mieast0° 11' 53.1"13.63 minorth13.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 6° 27' South
Longitude: 179° 45' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.52 meters/second, 1603.9 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.8"16.61 miwest0° 00' 11.2"0.21 misouth16.61 mi
1 hour14° 29' 49.5"996.52 miwest0° 11' 14.7"12.88 misouth996.42 mi
24 hours12° 25' 25.6"854.01 mieast4° 21' 57.5"300.07 misouth900.95 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
SalalahTue 12:28 PM428 km266 miles231 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Abu DhabiTue 12:28 PM533 km331 miles288 nmNorth-northeast NNE
DohaTue 11:28 AM559 km347 miles302 nmNorth N
Al-JamiliyahTue 11:28 AM601 km373 miles324 nmNorth N
Al KhorTue 11:28 AM604 km375 miles326 nmNorth N
NizwaTue 12:28 PM657 km408 miles355 nmEast-northeast ENE
DubaiTue 12:28 PM658 km409 miles355 nmNorth-northeast NNE
RiffaTue 11:28 AM666 km414 miles359 nmNorth-northwest NNW
ManamaTue 11:28 AM672 km418 miles363 nmNorth N
SharjahTue 12:28 PM674 km419 miles364 nmNorth-northeast NNE
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