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 Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 09:24:00 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 Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 09:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 22'	South
Longitude:	34° 56'	East

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 445.14 meters/second, 1602.5 km/hour, 995.7 miles/hour or 865.3 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
Malawi - Zomba	Sat 11:24 AM	115 km	72 miles	62 nm	NNE
Malawi - Lilongwe	Sat 11:24 AM	291 km	181 miles	157 nm	NNW
Zimbabwe - Harare	Sat 11:24 AM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	WSW
Zambia - Lusaka	Sat 11:24 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	W
Congo Dem.Rep. - Lubumbashi	Sat 11:24 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	WNW
Comoros - Moroni	Sat 12:24 PM	1045 km	649 miles	564 nm	ENE
Mozambique - Maputo	Sat 11:24 AM	1090 km	678 miles	589 nm	SSW
Tanzania - Dodoma	Sat 12:24 PM	1131 km	703 miles	611 nm	N
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	Sat 12:24 PM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	NNE
Swaziland - Mbabane	Sat 11:24 AM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	SSW

Symbols Sat means Saturday, November 7, 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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