Day and Night World Map

The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Saturday, December 5, 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 Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 10:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 25'	South
Longitude:	21° 40'	East

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 44" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 19" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 428.89 meters/second, 1544.0 km/hour, 959.4 miles/hour or 833.7 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 *	Sat 12:24 PM	470 km	292 miles	254 nm	W
Botswana - Gaborone	Sat 12:24 PM	500 km	310 miles	270 nm	ESE
South Africa - Johannesburg	Sat 12:24 PM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	SE
South Africa - Pretoria	Sat 12:24 PM	757 km	471 miles	409 nm	ESE
South Africa - Vereeniging	Sat 12:24 PM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	SE
South Africa - Bloemfontein	Sat 12:24 PM	870 km	541 miles	470 nm	SSE
Lesotho - Maseru	Sat 12:24 PM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	SE
Zambia - Lusaka	Sat 12:24 PM	1045 km	649 miles	564 nm	NE
Swaziland - Mbabane	Sat 12:24 PM	1053 km	654 miles	569 nm	ESE
Zimbabwe - Harare	Sat 12:24 PM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	ENE

Symbols

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

Sat means Saturday, December 5, 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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