Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and indicates which parts of the Earth are in day and which are in night.

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:58:00 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 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

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 50" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 33" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 435.92 meters/second, 1569.3 km/hour, 975.1 miles/hour or 847.4 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Saint Helena - Jamestown	Sat 12:58 PM	1378 km	856 miles	744 nm	ENE
Brazil - Alagoas - Maceió	Sat 9:58 AM	2221 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	WNW
Brazil - Pernambuco - Recife	Sat 9:58 AM	2245 km	1395 miles	1212 nm	WNW
Brazil - Sergipe - Aracaju	Sat 9:58 AM	2282 km	1418 miles	1232 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Ilhéus	Sat 9:58 AM	2310 km	1436 miles	1247 nm	W
Brazil - Paraíba - João Pessoa	Sat 9:58 AM	2314 km	1438 miles	1250 nm	NW
Brazil - Bahia - Salvador	Sat 9:58 AM	2318 km	1440 miles	1252 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Salvador	Sat 9:58 AM	2318 km	1440 miles	1252 nm	WNW
Brazil - Pernambuco - Caruaru	Sat 9:58 AM	2326 km	1446 miles	1256 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Itabuna	Sat 9:58 AM	2332 km	1449 miles	1259 nm	W

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