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 30, 2009 at 05:04:00 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 30, 2009 at 05:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 09'	South
Longitude:	104° 37'	East

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 42" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 10" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 426.54 meters/second, 1535.5 km/hour, 954.1 miles/hour or 829.1 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
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Wed 12:04 PM	1405 km	873 miles	759 nm	N
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Wed 11:34 AM	1470 km	914 miles	794 nm	NW
Australia - Western Australia - Perth	Wed 1:04 PM	1473 km	915 miles	796 nm	SE
Australia - Western Australia - Mandurah	Wed 1:04 PM	1505 km	935 miles	813 nm	SE
Australia - Western Australia - Bunbury	Wed 1:04 PM	1562 km	971 miles	844 nm	SE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Wed 12:04 PM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Yogyakarta	Wed 12:04 PM	1808 km	1124 miles	976 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Wed 12:04 PM	1821 km	1132 miles	983 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Wed 12:04 PM	1850 km	1150 miles	999 nm	N
Indonesia - Java - Surakarta	Wed 12:04 PM	1852 km	1151 miles	1000 nm	NNE

Symbols Wed means Wednesday, December 30, 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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