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 Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 15:32:00 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

During the next hour, the Sun's position relative to Earth's surface will move in an westerly direction by 14° 59' 48" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 28" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 432.99 meters/second, 1558.8 km/hour, 968.6 miles/hour or 841.7 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Brazil - Mato Grosso Do Sul - Campo Grande *	Thu 12:32 PM	178 km	110 miles	96 nm	ENE
Paraguay - Asuncion *	Thu 12:32 PM	491 km	305 miles	265 nm	SSW
Brazil - Paraná - Londrina *	Thu 1:32 PM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	ESE
Argentina - Formosa - Formosa	Thu 12:32 PM	599 km	372 miles	324 nm	SSW
Brazil - Mato Grosso - Cuiabá *	Thu 12:32 PM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	N
Argentina - Misiones - Posadas	Thu 12:32 PM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	S
Brazil - São Paulo - São Jose do Rio Prêto *	Thu 1:32 PM	709 km	440 miles	383 nm	E
Brazil - São Paulo - Bauru *	Thu 1:32 PM	741 km	460 miles	400 nm	ESE
Brazil - Paraná - Ponta Grossa *	Thu 1:32 PM	755 km	469 miles	407 nm	SE
Argentina - Corrientes - Corrientes	Thu 12:32 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	SSW

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