Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Thursday, November 5, 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

On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 17:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 52'	South
Longitude:	80° 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' 45" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 446.26 meters/second, 1606.5 km/hour, 998.3 miles/hour or 867.5 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
Peru - Ica - Ica	Thu 12:04 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	ENE
Peru - Callao - Callao	Thu 12:04 PM	527 km	327 miles	284 nm	NE
Peru - Lima - Lima	Thu 12:04 PM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	NE
Peru - Junín - Huancayo	Thu 12:04 PM	674 km	419 miles	364 nm	NE
Peru - La Libertad - Trujillo	Thu 12:04 PM	867 km	539 miles	468 nm	N
Peru - Cusco - Cuzco	Thu 12:04 PM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	ENE
Peru - Arequipa - Arequipa	Thu 12:04 PM	918 km	570 miles	495 nm	E
Peru - Lambayeque - Chiclayo	Thu 12:04 PM	1005 km	625 miles	543 nm	N
Chile - Arica *	Thu 2:04 PM	1078 km	670 miles	582 nm	ESE
Chile - Iquique *	Thu 2:04 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	ESE

Symbols

* means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving time(DST) or summer time (2 places listed).

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.

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