Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Friday, December 4, 2009 at 22:24:00 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 Friday, December 4, 2009 at 22:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 21'	South
Longitude:	158° 23'	West

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 45" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 19" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 429.08 meters/second, 1544.7 km/hour, 959.8 miles/hour or 834.1 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
Cook Islands - Rarotonga	Fri 12:24 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	WNW
France - Tahiti - Papeete	Fri 12:24 PM	1066 km	662 miles	575 nm	ENE
Niue - Alofi	Fri 11:24 AM	1255 km	780 miles	678 nm	WNW
American Samoa - Pago Pago	Fri 11:24 AM	1578 km	981 miles	852 nm	WNW
Samoa - Apia	Fri 11:24 AM	1700 km	1056 miles	918 nm	WNW
Tonga - Nukualofa	Sat 11:24 AM	1744 km	1084 miles	942 nm	W
Tokelau - Tokelau - Fakaofo	Fri 12:24 PM	1986 km	1234 miles	1073 nm	NW
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu	Sat 10:24 AM	2131 km	1324 miles	1151 nm	WNW
French Polynesia - Gambier Islands	Fri 1:24 PM	2406 km	1495 miles	1299 nm	E
Fiji - Suva *	Sat 11:24 AM	2466 km	1532 miles	1331 nm	W

Symbols

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

Fri means Friday, December 4, 2009 (7 places listed).

Sat means Saturday, December 5, 2009 (3 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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