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 Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 06:04:00 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 Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 06:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 44'	South
Longitude:	84° 54'	East

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' 45" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 446.57 meters/second, 1607.6 km/hour, 998.9 miles/hour or 868.1 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
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Thu 12:34 PM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	ENE
British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia	Thu 12:04 PM	1647 km	1024 miles	889 nm	WNW
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Thu 1:04 PM	2323 km	1444 miles	1254 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Thu 1:04 PM	2358 km	1465 miles	1273 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Thu 1:04 PM	2498 km	1552 miles	1349 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Pekanbaru	Thu 1:04 PM	2550 km	1585 miles	1377 nm	NE
Sri Lanka - Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 11:34 AM	2561 km	1591 miles	1383 nm	NNW
Sri Lanka - Colombo	Thu 11:34 AM	2565 km	1594 miles	1385 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Sumatera - Jambi	Thu 1:04 PM	2584 km	1605 miles	1395 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Pematangsiantar	Thu 1:04 PM	2588 km	1608 miles	1397 nm	NE

Symbols Thu means Thursday, November 5, 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. Configure this site! (Select AM/PM or 24 hour mode, home place and country)

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