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Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and the Moon. It shows which parts of the Earth are in daylight and which are in night.

Map showing day and night parts of the world

UTC time = Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 3:30:00 AM.

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Sun symbol = The Sun's position directly overhead (zenith) in relation to an observer.

Moon symbol = The Moon's position at its zenith in relation to an observer (Moon phase is not shown).

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= Nautical Twilight

= Astronomical Twilight

= Night, no twilight (darkest shade)

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Position of the Sun

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 03:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at Latitude: 1° 15' North, Longitude: 125° 55' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.84 meters/second, 1669.8 km/hour, 1037.6 miles/hour or 901.6 knots. The table below shows the Sun position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 15' 00.1"17.29 miWest0° 00' 01.0"0.02 miSouth17.29 mi
1 hour15° 00' 13.3"1037.57 miWest0° 00' 58.1"1.11 miSouth1037.58 mi
24 hours0° 05' 19.7"6.14 miWest0° 23' 17.6"26.68 miSouth27.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 03:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at Latitude: 17° 17' South, Longitude: 159° 37' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.17 meters/second, 1541.4 km/hour, 957.8 miles/hour or 832.3 knots. The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.8"15.96 miWest0° 00' 03.0"0.06 miSouth15.96 mi
1 hour14° 29' 50.4"957.53 miWest0° 02' 58.9"3.42 miSouth957.41 mi
24 hours12° 17' 19.3"811.71 miEast0° 46' 58.3"53.84 miSouth811.75 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
ManadoSun 11:30 AM123 km77 miles67 nmWest-northwest WNW
TernateSun 12:30 PM171 km106 miles92 nmEast-southeast ESE
SofifiSun 12:30 PM191 km118 miles103 nmEast-southeast ESE
GorontaloSun 11:30 AM328 km204 miles177 nmWest-southwest WSW
General SantosSun 11:30 AM545 km339 miles294 nmNorth N
AmbonSun 12:30 PM601 km373 miles325 nmSouth-southeast SSE
DavaoSun 11:30 AM646 km401 miles349 nmNorth N
KendariSun 11:30 AM690 km429 miles373 nmSouth-southwest SSW
PaluSun 11:30 AM714 km444 miles386 nmWest-southwest WSW
MamujuSun 11:30 AM894 km556 miles483 nmWest-southwest WSW

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