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 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 06:04:00 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 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 06:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 59'	South
Longitude:	86° 21'	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' 22" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 430.21 meters/second, 1548.8 km/hour, 962.4 miles/hour or 836.3 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	Wed 12:34 PM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	NE
British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia	Wed 12:04 PM	2205 km	1370 miles	1191 nm	NW
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Wed 1:04 PM	2420 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Wed 1:04 PM	2736 km	1700 miles	1478 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Wed 1:04 PM	2778 km	1726 miles	1500 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Wed 1:04 PM	2781 km	1728 miles	1502 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Wed 1:04 PM	2809 km	1745 miles	1517 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Wed 1:04 PM	2821 km	1753 miles	1523 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Wed 1:04 PM	2856 km	1775 miles	1542 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Palembang	Wed 1:04 PM	2900 km	1802 miles	1566 nm	NE

Symbols Wed means Wednesday, December 2, 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. Configure this site! (Select AM/PM or 24 hour mode, home place and country)

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