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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 showing day and night parts of the world

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Map notes

Position of the Sun

On Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 22:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 28'South 
Longitude: 158° 17'West 

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' 18" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 428.70 meters/second, 1543.3 km/hour, 959.0 miles/hour or 833.3 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Cook Islands - RarotongaSat 12:24 PM241 km149 miles130 nmWest-northwest WNW
France - Tahiti - PapeeteSat 12:24 PM1063 km660 miles574 nmEast-northeast ENE
Niue - AlofiSat 11:24 AM1269 km788 miles685 nmWest-northwest WNW
American Samoa - Pago PagoSat 11:24 AM1594 km991 miles861 nmWest-northwest WNW
Samoa - ApiaSat 11:24 AM1716 km1067 miles927 nmWest-northwest WNW
Tonga - NukualofaSun 11:24 AM1755 km1090 miles948 nmWest W
Tokelau - Tokelau - FakaofoSat 12:24 PM2004 km1245 miles1082 nmNorthwest NW
Wallis and Futuna - Mata-UtuSun 10:24 AM2147 km1334 miles1159 nmWest-northwest WNW
French Polynesia - Gambier IslandsSat 1:24 PM2394 km1488 miles1293 nmEast E
Fiji - Suva *Sun 11:24 AM2478 km1540 miles1338 nmWest W

Symbols

* means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving time(DST) or summer time (1 place listed).
Sat means Saturday, December 5, 2009 (7 places listed).
Sun means Sunday, December 6, 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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