Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 18:04:00 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 18:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 35'	South
Longitude:	95° 06'	West

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 446.90 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.7 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
Ecuador - Galapagos Islands	Wed 12:04 PM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	NNE
Peru - Lambayeque - Chiclayo	Wed 1:04 PM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	ENE
Peru - La Libertad - Trujillo	Wed 1:04 PM	1938 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	ENE
Chile - Easter Island *	Wed 1:04 PM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	SW
Peru - Piura - Piura	Wed 1:04 PM	1951 km	1212 miles	1053 nm	NE
Peru - Callao - Callao	Wed 1:04 PM	1980 km	1230 miles	1069 nm	E
Peru - Lima - Lima	Wed 1:04 PM	2002 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	E
Peru - Ica - Ica	Wed 1:04 PM	2084 km	1295 miles	1125 nm	E
Peru - Junín - Huancayo	Wed 1:04 PM	2185 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	E
Ecuador - Guayaquil	Wed 1:04 PM	2228 km	1384 miles	1203 nm	NE

Symbols

* means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving time(DST) or summer time (1 place listed).

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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