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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 = 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).

= 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 Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 05:54:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at Latitude: 11° 36' North, Longitude: 91° 14' East

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
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 Latitude: 23° 58' North, Longitude: 174° 08' West

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
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
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