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 11:04:00 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

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

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 447.09 meters/second, 1609.5 km/hour, 1000.1 miles/hour or 869.1 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Angola - Lubango	Wed 12:04 PM	391 km	243 miles	211 nm	E
Angola - Luanda	Wed 12:04 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	NNE
Namibia - Windhoek *	Wed 1:04 PM	1090 km	677 miles	589 nm	SE
Congo Dem.Rep. - Kinshasa	Wed 12:04 PM	1371 km	852 miles	741 nm	NNE
Congo - Brazzaville	Wed 12:04 PM	1375 km	854 miles	742 nm	NNE
Saint Helena - Jamestown	Wed 11:04 AM	1674 km	1040 miles	904 nm	W
Gabon - Libreville	Wed 12:04 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	N
Sao Tome and Principe - São Tomé	Wed 11:04 AM	1784 km	1109 miles	963 nm	NNW
Congo Dem.Rep. - Lubumbashi	Wed 1:04 PM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	E
Botswana - Gaborone	Wed 1:04 PM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	SE

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