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 22:54:00 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 22:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 20'	South
Longitude:	167° 36'	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 447.43 meters/second, 1610.7 km/hour, 1000.9 miles/hour or 869.7 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	Tue 11:54 AM	354 km	220 miles	191 nm	WNW
Samoa - Apia	Tue 11:54 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	WNW
Niue - Alofi	Tue 11:54 AM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	SSW
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Tue 12:54 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	NNW
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Wed 10:54 AM	951 km	591 miles	513 nm	WNW
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Tue 12:54 PM	1021 km	634 miles	551 nm	SE
Tonga - Nukualofa	Wed 11:54 AM	1027 km	638 miles	555 nm	SW
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Wed 11:54 AM	1402 km	871 miles	757 nm	NNW
Fiji - Suva	Wed 10:54 AM	1522 km	946 miles	822 nm	WSW
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Wed 10:54 AM	1621 km	1007 miles	875 nm	WNW

Symbols Tue means Tuesday, November 3, 2009 (5 places listed). Wed means Wednesday, November 4, 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. Configure this site! (Select AM/PM or 24 hour mode, home place and country)

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