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 06:04:00 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 Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 06:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 07'	South
Longitude:	84° 54'	East

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 447.89 meters/second, 1612.4 km/hour, 1001.9 miles/hour or 870.6 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
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Tue 12:34 PM	1340 km	833 miles	724 nm	ENE
British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia	Tue 12:04 PM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	WNW
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Tue 1:04 PM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	E
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Tue 1:04 PM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Tue 1:04 PM	2470 km	1535 miles	1334 nm	ENE
Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 11:34 AM	2494 km	1550 miles	1347 nm	NNW
Sri Lanka - Colombo	Tue 11:34 AM	2499 km	1553 miles	1349 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Sumatera - Pekanbaru	Tue 1:04 PM	2505 km	1556 miles	1352 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Pematangsiantar	Tue 1:04 PM	2535 km	1575 miles	1369 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Jambi	Tue 1:04 PM	2545 km	1582 miles	1374 nm	NE

Symbols Tue means Tuesday, November 3, 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. Configure this site! (Select AM/PM or 24 hour mode, home place and country)

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