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 Monday, January 26, 2009 at 06:06:00 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 14° 59' 52" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 38" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 439.51 meters/second, 1582.2 km/hour, 983.2 miles/hour or 854.3 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cocos Islands - Bantam	Mon 12:36 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	NE
Australia - Christmas Island - The Settlement	Mon 1:06 PM	1760 km	1093 miles	950 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Tanjungkarang	Mon 1:06 PM	2079 km	1292 miles	1123 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bogor	Mon 1:06 PM	2116 km	1315 miles	1142 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Mon 1:06 PM	2147 km	1334 miles	1159 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Bandung	Mon 1:06 PM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	NE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Padang	Mon 1:06 PM	2182 km	1356 miles	1178 nm	NNE
Indonesia - Java - Tasikmalaya	Mon 1:06 PM	2194 km	1363 miles	1185 nm	ENE
Indonesia - Sumatera - Palembang	Mon 1:06 PM	2253 km	1400 miles	1217 nm	NE
Indonesia - Java - Cirebon	Mon 1:06 PM	2257 km	1402 miles	1218 nm	ENE

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