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 22:04:00 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 22:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 19'	South
Longitude:	155° 06'	West

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 60" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 46" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 447.45 meters/second, 1610.8 km/hour, 1000.9 miles/hour or 869.8 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
France - Tahiti - Papeete	Tue 12:04 PM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	ESE
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Tue 12:04 PM	861 km	535 miles	465 nm	SW
Niue - Alofi	Tue 11:04 AM	1628 km	1012 miles	879 nm	WSW
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Tue 11:04 AM	1683 km	1046 miles	909 nm	W
Samoa - Apia	Tue 11:04 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	973 nm	W
France - Marquesas Islands - Taiohae	Tue 12:34 PM	1835 km	1140 miles	991 nm	ENE
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Tue 12:04 PM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	WNW
Kiribati - Christmas Island - Kiritimati	Wed 12:04 PM	1917 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	N
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Wed 11:04 AM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	NW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Wed 11:04 AM	2218 km	1378 miles	1198 nm	WSW

Symbols Tue means Tuesday, November 3, 2009 (7 places listed). Wed means Wednesday, November 4, 2009 (3 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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