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 Friday, July 4, 2008 at 00:30:00 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' 53" longitude and in a southerly direction by 0° 00' 13" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 427.56 meters/second, 1539.2 km/hour, 956.4 miles/hour or 831.1 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Marshall Islands - Majuro	Fri 12:30 PM	1757 km	1092 miles	949 nm	SbW
Micronesia - Kosrea - Lelu	Fri 11:30 AM	2252 km	1399 miles	1216 nm	SWbS
Micronesia - Ponape - Kolonia	Fri 11:30 AM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	SW
Kiribati - Tarawa	Fri 12:30 PM	2373 km	1475 miles	1281 nm	S
Micronesia - Ponape - Palikir	Fri 11:30 AM	2418 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	SW
Nauru - Yaren	Fri 12:30 PM	2688 km	1670 miles	1451 nm	SbW
Micronesia - Truk - Weno	Fri 10:30 AM	2886 km	1793 miles	1558 nm	SWbW
U.S.A. - Hawaii - Honolulu	Thu 2:30 PM	2948 km	1832 miles	1592 nm	E

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