Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 04:54:00 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

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 04:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 33'	South
Longitude:	103° 28'	East

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 15° 00' 11" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 57" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 461.77 meters/second, 1662.4 km/hour, 1032.9 miles/hour or 897.6 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Wed 11:54 AM	199 km	124 miles	108 nm	E
Indonesia - Sumatera - Palembang	Wed 11:54 AM	321 km	200 miles	173 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Wed 11:54 AM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	E
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Wed 11:54 AM	380 km	236 miles	205 nm	ESE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Jambi	Wed 11:54 AM	437 km	271 miles	236 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Wed 11:54 AM	479 km	298 miles	259 nm	ESE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Wed 11:54 AM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	ESE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Wed 11:54 AM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	ESE
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Wed 11:54 AM	599 km	372 miles	323 nm	SSE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Wed 11:54 AM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	NW

Symbols

Wed means Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (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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