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, May 17, 2008 at 10:14:00 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 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' 59" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 33" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 437.48 meters/second, 1574.9 km/hour, 978.6 miles/hour or 850.4 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Sudan - Khartoum	Sat 1:14 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	SEbE
Egypt - Al Jizah *	Sat 1:14 PM	1298 km	807 miles	701 nm	NNE
Egypt - Cairo *	Sat 1:14 PM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	NNE
Egypt - Alexandria *	Sat 1:14 PM	1372 km	853 miles	741 nm	NNE
Chad - Ndjamena	Sat 11:14 AM	1394 km	866 miles	753 nm	SWbW
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah	Sat 1:14 PM	1432 km	890 miles	773 nm	EbN
Eritrea - Asmara	Sat 1:14 PM	1491 km	926 miles	805 nm	EbS
Saudi Arabia - Makkah	Sat 1:14 PM	1498 km	931 miles	809 nm	EbN
Israel - Beersheba *	Sat 1:14 PM	1596 km	992 miles	862 nm	NEbN
Gaza Strip - Gaza *	Sat 1:14 PM	1602 km	996 miles	865 nm	NEbN

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