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 10:24:00 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

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 445.11 meters/second, 1602.4 km/hour, 995.7 miles/hour or 865.2 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Angola - Lubango	Sat 11:24 AM	708 km	440 miles	383 nm	WNW
Namibia - Windhoek *	Sat 12:24 PM	746 km	464 miles	403 nm	SSW
Zambia - Lusaka	Sat 12:24 PM	897 km	558 miles	484 nm	E
Congo Dem.Rep. - Lubumbashi	Sat 12:24 PM	964 km	599 miles	521 nm	ENE
Angola - Luanda	Sat 11:24 AM	1100 km	683 miles	594 nm	NW
Botswana - Gaborone	Sat 12:24 PM	1108 km	689 miles	598 nm	SSE
Zimbabwe - Harare	Sat 12:24 PM	1196 km	743 miles	646 nm	E
South Africa - Pretoria	Sat 12:24 PM	1343 km	834 miles	725 nm	SE
South Africa - Johannesburg	Sat 12:24 PM	1360 km	845 miles	734 nm	SE
South Africa - Vereeniging	Sat 12:24 PM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	SE

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