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 Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 16:06:00 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 15° 00' 11" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 59" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 463.86 meters/second, 1669.9 km/hour, 1037.6 miles/hour or 901.7 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Brazil - Roraima - Boa Vista	Sat 12:06 PM	232 km	144 miles	125 nm	NNW
Brazil - Amazonas - Manaus	Sat 12:06 PM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	S
Guyana - Georgetown	Sat 12:06 PM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	NNE
Suriname - Paramaribo	Sat 1:06 PM	744 km	462 miles	402 nm	NE
Venezuela - Ciudad Guayana	Sat 11:36 AM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	NNW
French Guiana - Cayenne	Sat 1:06 PM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	ENE
Brazil - Amapá - Macapá	Sat 1:06 PM	979 km	608 miles	528 nm	E
Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain	Sat 12:06 PM	1086 km	675 miles	587 nm	N
Venezuela - Cumaná	Sat 11:36 AM	1160 km	721 miles	626 nm	NNW
Brazil - Rondônia - Pôrto Velho	Sat 12:06 PM	1165 km	724 miles	629 nm	SSW

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