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.
UTC time = Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 05:54:00.
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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).
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Position of the Sun: Subsolar Point
On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 05:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at
The ground speed is currently 454.47 meters/second, 1636.1 kilometres/hour, 1016.6 miles/hour or 883.4 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 | ||||
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Later | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Distance |
1 minute | 0° 15' 00.1" | 16.94 mi | West | 0° 00' 00.9" | 0.02 mi | North | 16.94 mi |
1 hour | 15° 00' 07.8" | 1016.51 mi | West | 0° 00' 51.3" | 0.98 mi | North | 1016.48 mi |
24 hours | 0° 03' 04.3" | 3.47 mi | West | 0° 20' 25.3" | 23.39 mi | North | 23.65 mi |
Position of the Moon: Sublunar Point
On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 05:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed is currently 409.17 meters/second, 1473.0 kilometres/hour, 915.3 miles/hour or 795.4 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 | ||||
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Later | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Degrees | Distance | Direction | Distance |
1 minute | 0° 14' 28.4" | 15.25 mi | West | 0° 00' 05.0" | 0.09 mi | South | 15.25 mi |
1 hour | 14° 28' 23.3" | 914.86 mi | West | 0° 05' 02.0" | 5.77 mi | South | 915.18 mi |
24 hours | 12° 35' 49.0" | 796.35 mi | East | 2° 36' 23.9" | 179.37 mi | South | 823.84 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 | ||
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Port Blair | Tue 11:24 am | 138 km | 86 miles | 75 nm | E |
Yangon | Tue 12:24 pm | 783 km | 487 miles | 423 nm | NE |
Banda Aceh | Tue 12:54 pm | 806 km | 501 miles | 435 nm | SE |
Mawlamyine | Tue 12:24 pm | 876 km | 544 miles | 473 nm | NE |
Phuket | Tue 12:54 pm | 887 km | 551 miles | 479 nm | ESE |
Bangkok | Tue 12:54 pm | 1032 km | 642 miles | 557 nm | ENE |
Naypyidaw | Tue 12:24 pm | 1041 km | 647 miles | 562 nm | NNE |
Visakhapatnam | Tue 11:24 am | 1094 km | 680 miles | 591 nm | NW |
Bhubaneshwar | Tue 11:24 am | 1118 km | 695 miles | 604 nm | NNW |
Chittagong | Tue 11:54 am | 1189 km | 739 miles | 642 nm | N |
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