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.

December Solstice 2007

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 06:07:00 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' 41" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 00" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 425.63 meters/second, 1532.3 km/hour, 952.1 miles/hour or 827.4 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Sat 12:37 PM	1579 km	981 miles	852 nm	NE
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Sat 1:07 PM	2375 km	1476 miles	1282 nm	NE
British Indian Ocean Territory - Diego Garcia	Sat 12:07 PM	2427 km	1508 miles	1310 nm	NW
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Sat 1:07 PM	2730 km	1697 miles	1474 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Sat 1:07 PM	2755 km	1712 miles	1487 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Sat 1:07 PM	2789 km	1733 miles	1506 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Sat 1:07 PM	2791 km	1734 miles	1507 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Sat 1:07 PM	2819 km	1752 miles	1522 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Sat 1:07 PM	2835 km	1762 miles	1531 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Sat 1:07 PM	2885 km	1792 miles	1558 nm	NE

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