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 Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 05:04:00 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

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 447.92 meters/second, 1612.5 km/hour, 1002.0 miles/hour or 870.7 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Tue 11:34 AM	463 km	287 miles	250 nm	NW
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Tue 12:04 PM	807 km	501 miles	436 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Tue 12:04 PM	1205 km	749 miles	651 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Tue 12:04 PM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Tue 12:04 PM	1230 km	765 miles	664 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Tue 12:04 PM	1243 km	772 miles	671 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Tue 12:04 PM	1254 km	779 miles	677 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Tue 12:04 PM	1320 km	820 miles	713 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tegal	Tue 12:04 PM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Pekalongan	Tue 12:04 PM	1396 km	867 miles	754 nm	NE

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