Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, November 2, 2009 at 23:04:00 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 Monday, November 2, 2009 at 23:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 01'	South
Longitude:	170° 06'	West

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 15° 00' 00" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 47" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 448.08 meters/second, 1613.1 km/hour, 1002.3 miles/hour or 871.0 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
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Mon 12:04 PM	105 km	66 miles	57 nm	NW
Samoa - Apia	Mon 12:04 PM	223 km	139 miles	121 nm	NW
Niue - Alofi	Mon 12:04 PM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	S
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Mon 1:04 PM	638 km	396 miles	344 nm	N
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Tue 11:04 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	WNW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Tue 12:04 PM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	SW
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Mon 1:04 PM	1253 km	778 miles	676 nm	SE
Fiji - Suva	Tue 11:04 AM	1272 km	791 miles	687 nm	WSW
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Tue 12:04 PM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	N
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Tue 11:04 AM	1368 km	850 miles	739 nm	WNW

Symbols

Mon means Monday, November 2, 2009 (5 places listed).

Tue means Tuesday, November 3, 2009 (5 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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