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 17:04:00 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 446.93 meters/second, 1608.9 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.8 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Peru - Ica - Ica	Wed 12:04 PM	493 km	306 miles	266 nm	ENE
Peru - Callao - Callao	Wed 12:04 PM	501 km	311 miles	271 nm	NE
Peru - Lima - Lima	Wed 12:04 PM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	NE
Peru - Junín - Huancayo	Wed 12:04 PM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	NE
Peru - La Libertad - Trujillo	Wed 12:04 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	N
Peru - Cusco - Cuzco	Wed 12:04 PM	907 km	563 miles	489 nm	ENE
Peru - Arequipa - Arequipa	Wed 12:04 PM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	E
Peru - Lambayeque - Chiclayo	Wed 12:04 PM	972 km	604 miles	525 nm	N
Chile - Arica *	Wed 2:04 PM	1089 km	677 miles	588 nm	ESE
Peru - Piura - Piura	Wed 12:04 PM	1142 km	710 miles	617 nm	N

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