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 Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 05:14:00 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 14° 59' 60" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 46" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 447.25 meters/second, 1610.1 km/hour, 1000.5 miles/hour or 869.4 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Wed 11:44 AM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	N
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Wed 12:14 PM	1049 km	652 miles	566 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Wed 12:14 PM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Wed 12:14 PM	1414 km	879 miles	764 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Wed 12:14 PM	1448 km	900 miles	782 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Wed 12:14 PM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Wed 12:14 PM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Wed 12:14 PM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tegal	Wed 12:14 PM	1590 km	988 miles	859 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Palembang	Wed 12:14 PM	1598 km	993 miles	863 nm	NNE

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