Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 23:04:00 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 23:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 38'	South
Longitude:	170° 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 446.76 meters/second, 1608.3 km/hour, 999.4 miles/hour or 868.4 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
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Wed 12:04 PM	165 km	103 miles	89 nm	NNW
Samoa - Apia	Wed 12:04 PM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	NW
Niue - Alofi	Wed 12:04 PM	378 km	235 miles	204 nm	S
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Thu 11:04 AM	703 km	437 miles	380 nm	WNW
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Wed 1:04 PM	705 km	438 miles	381 nm	N
Tonga - Nukualofa	Thu 12:04 PM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	SW
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Wed 1:04 PM	1214 km	754 miles	656 nm	ESE
Fiji - Suva	Thu 11:04 AM	1254 km	779 miles	677 nm	WSW
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Thu 12:04 PM	1387 km	862 miles	749 nm	N
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Thu 11:04 AM	1404 km	873 miles	758 nm	WNW

Symbols

Wed means Wednesday, November 4, 2009 (5 places listed).

Thu means Thursday, November 5, 2009 (5 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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