Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 23:04:00 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 23:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 56'	South
Longitude:	168° 41'	West

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' 22" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 430.34 meters/second, 1549.2 km/hour, 962.7 miles/hour or 836.5 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
Niue - Alofi	Tue 12:04 PM	344 km	214 miles	186 nm	NNW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Wed 12:04 PM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	W
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Tue 1:04 PM	873 km	543 miles	472 nm	E
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Tue 12:04 PM	875 km	544 miles	473 nm	NNW
Samoa - Apia	Tue 12:04 PM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	NNW
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Wed 11:04 AM	1242 km	772 miles	671 nm	NW
Fiji - Suva *	Wed 12:04 PM	1413 km	878 miles	763 nm	WNW
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Tue 1:04 PM	1417 km	881 miles	765 nm	NNW
Tuvalu - Funafuti	Wed 11:04 AM	1971 km	1225 miles	1064 nm	NW
France - Tahiti - Papeete	Tue 1:04 PM	2060 km	1280 miles	1112 nm	E

Symbols

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

Tue means Tuesday, December 1, 2009 (6 places listed).

Wed means Wednesday, December 2, 2009 (4 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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