Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 05:24:00 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 Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 05:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 37'	South
Longitude:	94° 56'	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 444.58 meters/second, 1600.5 km/hour, 994.5 miles/hour or 864.2 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
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Sun 11:54 AM	540 km	336 miles	292 nm	NNE
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Sun 12:24 PM	1343 km	834 miles	725 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Sun 12:24 PM	1670 km	1038 miles	902 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Sun 12:24 PM	1700 km	1056 miles	918 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Sun 12:24 PM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Sun 12:24 PM	1741 km	1082 miles	940 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Sun 12:24 PM	1776 km	1104 miles	959 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Sun 12:24 PM	1834 km	1140 miles	990 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Sun 12:24 PM	1839 km	1143 miles	993 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Palembang	Sun 12:24 PM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	NE

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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