Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 04:04:00 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 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 04:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 24'	South
Longitude:	114° 54'	East

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 447.29 meters/second, 1610.2 km/hour, 1000.5 miles/hour or 869.5 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
Indonesia - Bali - Denpasar	Wed 12:04 PM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	N
Indonesia - Lombok - Mataram	Wed 12:04 PM	764 km	474 miles	412 nm	N
Indonesia - Bali - Singaraja	Wed 12:04 PM	808 km	502 miles	436 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Malang	Wed 11:04 AM	853 km	530 miles	460 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Sumbawa - Raba	Wed 12:04 PM	875 km	544 miles	473 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Kediri	Wed 11:04 AM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Java - Surabaya	Wed 11:04 AM	933 km	580 miles	504 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Java - Madiun	Wed 11:04 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Java - Yogyakarta	Wed 11:04 AM	973 km	604 miles	525 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Java - Surakarta	Wed 11:04 AM	976 km	607 miles	527 nm	NNW

Symbols

Wed means Wednesday, November 4, 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.

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