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 Friday, November 6, 2009 at 22:14:00 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 Friday, November 6, 2009 at 22:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 14'	South
Longitude:	157° 35'	West

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 58" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 44" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 445.45 meters/second, 1603.6 km/hour, 996.4 miles/hour or 865.9 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
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Fri 12:14 PM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	SSW
France - Tahiti - Papeete	Fri 12:14 PM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	E
Niue - Alofi	Fri 11:14 AM	1345 km	836 miles	726 nm	WSW
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Fri 11:14 AM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	W
Samoa - Apia	Fri 11:14 AM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	W
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Fri 12:14 PM	1664 km	1034 miles	899 nm	WNW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Sat 11:14 AM	1934 km	1202 miles	1045 nm	WSW
Kiribati - Christmas Island - Kiritimati	Sat 12:14 PM	2002 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	N
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Sat 10:14 AM	2026 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	W
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Sat 11:14 AM	2070 km	1286 miles	1117 nm	NW

Symbols Fri means Friday, November 6, 2009 (6 places listed). Sat means Saturday, November 7, 2009 (4 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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