Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 05:04:00 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 Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 05:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 49'	South
Longitude:	101° 15'	East

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 46" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 23" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 430.69 meters/second, 1550.5 km/hour, 963.4 miles/hour or 837.2 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	Tue 11:34 AM	1169 km	727 miles	631 nm	NNW
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Tue 12:04 PM	1338 km	832 miles	723 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Tue 12:04 PM	1771 km	1101 miles	956 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Tue 12:04 PM	1780 km	1106 miles	961 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Tue 12:04 PM	1788 km	1111 miles	966 nm	NNE
Australia - Western Australia - Perth	Tue 1:04 PM	1829 km	1137 miles	988 nm	SE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Tue 12:04 PM	1834 km	1139 miles	990 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Yogyakarta	Tue 12:04 PM	1836 km	1141 miles	991 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Tue 12:04 PM	1841 km	1144 miles	994 nm	NNE
Australia - Western Australia - Mandurah	Tue 1:04 PM	1857 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	SE

Symbols

Tue means Tuesday, December 1, 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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