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 Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 23:24:00 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 23:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 50'	South
Longitude:	175° 03'	West

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 444.08 meters/second, 1598.7 km/hour, 993.4 miles/hour or 863.2 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
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Mon 11:24 AM	408 km	254 miles	220 nm	NNW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Mon 12:24 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	S
Samoa - Apia	Sun 12:24 PM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	NE
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Sun 12:24 PM	546 km	339 miles	295 nm	ENE
Niue - Alofi	Sun 12:24 PM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	ESE
Fiji - Suva	Mon 11:24 AM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	WSW
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Sun 1:24 PM	923 km	573 miles	498 nm	NNE
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Mon 11:24 AM	1110 km	690 miles	599 nm	NW
Kiribati - Phoenix Islands - Rawaki	Mon 12:24 PM	1575 km	979 miles	851 nm	NNE
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Sun 1:24 PM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	ESE

Symbols Sun means Sunday, November 8, 2009 (5 places listed). Mon means Monday, November 9, 2009 (5 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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