Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 04:14:00 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 Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 04:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 36'	South
Longitude:	112° 26'	East

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 57" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 43" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 444.61 meters/second, 1600.6 km/hour, 994.6 miles/hour or 864.3 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
Indonesia - Bali - Denpasar	Sun 12:14 PM	928 km	577 miles	501 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Malang	Sun 11:14 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Kediri	Sun 11:14 AM	961 km	597 miles	519 nm	N
Indonesia - Lombok - Mataram	Sun 12:14 PM	970 km	603 miles	524 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Bali - Singaraja	Sun 12:14 PM	984 km	611 miles	531 nm	NNE
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Sun 11:14 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	NW
Indonesia - Java - Yogyakarta	Sun 11:14 AM	998 km	620 miles	539 nm	NNW
Indonesia - Java - Madiun	Sun 11:14 AM	998 km	620 miles	539 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Surakarta	Sun 11:14 AM	1018 km	632 miles	549 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Surabaya	Sun 11:14 AM	1036 km	644 miles	559 nm	N

Symbols

Sun means Sunday, November 8, 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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