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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 showing day and night parts of the world

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Map notes

Position of the Sun

On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 16:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 14° 33'South 
Longitude: 65° 27'West 

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 59" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 48" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 449.03 meters/second, 1616.5 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Bolivia - CochabambaTue 12:36 PM324 km201 miles175 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Bolivia - La PazTue 12:36 PM361 km224 miles195 nmSouthwest SW
Bolivia - OruroTue 12:36 PM421 km261 miles227 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Bolivia - Santa CruzTue 12:36 PM426 km264 miles230 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Bolivia - SucreTue 12:36 PM496 km308 miles268 nmSouth S
Bolivia - PotosiTue 12:36 PM557 km346 miles301 nmSouth S
Brazil - Acre - Rio BrancoTue 12:36 PM568 km353 miles306 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Brazil - Rondônia - Pôrto VelhoTue 12:36 PM664 km413 miles358 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Chile - Arica *Tue 1:36 PM679 km422 miles367 nmSouthwest SW
Peru - Arequipa - ArequipaTue 11:36 AM685 km425 miles370 nmWest-southwest WSW

Symbols

* means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving time(DST) or summer time (1 place listed).
Tue means Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (10 places listed).
km means kilometers from origin.
miles means miles from origin.
nm means nautical miles from origin.
All numbers are air distances.

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