Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, November 9, 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

On Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 57'	South
Longitude:	19° 58'	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 443.77 meters/second, 1597.6 km/hour, 992.7 miles/hour or 862.6 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
Namibia - Windhoek *	Mon 12:24 PM	690 km	429 miles	372 nm	SSW
Angola - Lubango	Mon 11:24 AM	728 km	453 miles	393 nm	WNW
Zambia - Lusaka	Mon 12:24 PM	903 km	561 miles	487 nm	E
Congo Dem.Rep. - Lubumbashi	Mon 12:24 PM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	NE
Botswana - Gaborone	Mon 12:24 PM	1053 km	654 miles	569 nm	SE
Angola - Luanda	Mon 11:24 AM	1151 km	715 miles	621 nm	NW
Zimbabwe - Harare	Mon 12:24 PM	1184 km	736 miles	639 nm	E
South Africa - Pretoria	Mon 12:24 PM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	SE
South Africa - Johannesburg	Mon 12:24 PM	1306 km	812 miles	705 nm	SE
South Africa - Vereeniging	Mon 12:24 PM	1355 km	842 miles	732 nm	SE

Symbols

* means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving time(DST) or summer time (1 place listed).

Mon means Monday, November 9, 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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