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, October 10, 2009 at 23:24:00 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 Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 23:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 59'	South
Longitude:	174° 17'	West

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 15° 00' 10" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 57" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 460.50 meters/second, 1657.8 km/hour, 1030.1 miles/hour or 895.1 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
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Sat 1:24 PM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	SE
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Sun 12:24 PM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	NE
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Sun 11:24 AM	729 km	453 miles	393 nm	SSW
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Sun 11:24 AM	736 km	458 miles	398 nm	WSW
Samoa - Apia	Sat 12:24 PM	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	SSE
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Sat 12:24 PM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	SSE
Niue - Alofi	Sat 12:24 PM	1417 km	880 miles	765 nm	SSE
Fiji - Suva	Sun 11:24 AM	1466 km	911 miles	792 nm	SSW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Sun 12:24 PM	1567 km	974 miles	846 nm	S
Kiribati - Tarawa	Sun 11:24 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	913 nm	WNW

Symbols Sat means Saturday, October 10, 2009 (4 places listed). Sun means Sunday, October 11, 2009 (6 places listed). km means kilometers from origin. miles means miles from origin. nm means nautical miles from origin. All numbers are air distances. Configure this site! (Select AM/PM or 24 hour mode, home place and country)

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