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Day and Night World Map

The map shows day and night on Earth and the positions of the Sun (subsolar point) and the Moon (sublunar point) right now.

Map showing day and night parts of the world

UTC time = Friday, November 6, 2020 at 23:24:00.

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

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

= Civil Twilight (lightest shade)

= Nautical Twilight

= Astronomical Twilight

= Night, no twilight (darkest shade)

See where the Moon is over the horizon

Position of the Sun: Subsolar Point

On Friday, November 6, 2020 at 23:24:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at Latitude: 16° 20' South, Longitude: 175° 05' West

The ground speed is currently 445.20 meters/second, 1602.7 kilometres/hour, 995.9 miles/hour or 865.4 nautical miles/hour (knots). The table below shows position of the the Sun compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude Difference			Latitude Difference			Total
Later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 15' 00.0"	16.60 mi	West	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	South	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 57.9"	995.65 mi	West	0° 00' 44.0"	0.84 mi	South	995.62 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 57.1"	1.05 mi	East	0° 17' 30.0"	20.06 mi	South	20.09 mi

Position of the Moon: Sublunar Point

On Friday, November 6, 2020 at 23:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at Latitude: 23° 58' North, Longitude: 80° 44' East

The ground speed is currently 408.92 meters/second, 1472.1 kilometres/hour, 914.7 miles/hour or 794.9 nautical miles/hour (knots). The table below shows position of the the Moon compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude Difference			Latitude Difference			Total
Later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 27.7"	15.25 mi	West	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	South	15.25 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 46.6"	914.32 mi	West	0° 03' 46.0"	4.32 mi	South	914.55 mi
24 hours	12° 51' 38.2"	813.10 mi	East	2° 06' 50.6"	145.48 mi	South	832.35 mi

Locations With the Sun Near Its Zenith

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

Location	Local Time	Distance			Direction
Neiafu	Sat 12:24 pm	281 km	175 miles	152 nm	SSE
Mata-Utu	Sat 11:24 am	356 km	221 miles	192 nm	NNW
Pangai	Sat 12:24 pm	392 km	243 miles	212 nm	S
Salelologa (Savai'i) *	Sat 1:24 pm	421 km	262 miles	227 nm	NE
Apia *	Sat 1:24 pm	451 km	280 miles	244 nm	NE
Pago Pago	Fri 12:24 pm	522 km	325 miles	282 nm	ENE
Nukualofa	Sat 12:24 pm	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	S
Labasa	Sat 11:24 am	593 km	368 miles	320 nm	W
Alofi	Fri 12:24 pm	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	ESE
Levuka	Sat 11:24 am	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	WSW