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 5, 2009 at 13:28:00 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' 59" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 45" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 446.36 meters/second, 1606.9 km/hour, 998.5 miles/hour or 867.7 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Brazil - Alagoas - Maceió	Thu 10:28 AM	1248 km	776 miles	674 nm	WNW
Brazil - Pernambuco - Recife	Thu 10:28 AM	1282 km	797 miles	692 nm	NW
Brazil - Sergipe - Aracaju	Thu 10:28 AM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	WNW
Brazil - Pernambuco - Caruaru	Thu 10:28 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	NW
Brazil - Paraíba - João Pessoa	Thu 10:28 AM	1359 km	845 miles	734 nm	NW
Brazil - Pernambuco - Garanhuns	Thu 10:28 AM	1364 km	847 miles	736 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Salvador	Thu 10:28 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Salvador	Thu 10:28 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Alagoinhas	Thu 10:28 AM	1385 km	860 miles	748 nm	WNW
Brazil - Bahia - Ilhéus	Thu 10:28 AM	1401 km	870 miles	756 nm	W

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