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 Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 16:16:00 UTC.
• Local time for SQUADRON (Macon) is Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 12:16:00 PM.
• 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 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 15° 00' 11" longitude and in a northerly direction by 0° 00' 59" latitude.

The average ground speed of the movement is currently 463.86 meters/second, 1669.9 km/hour, 1037.6 miles/hour or 901.7 knots.

Locations with the Sun near zenith

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Brazil - Roraima - Boa Vista	Sat 12:16 PM	274 km	170 miles	148 nm	NE
Brazil - Amazonas - Manaus	Sat 12:16 PM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	SEbS
Guyana - Georgetown	Sat 12:16 PM	790 km	491 miles	427 nm	NEbN
Venezuela - Ciudad Guayana	Sat 11:46 AM	820 km	509 miles	443 nm	N
Suriname - Paramaribo	Sat 1:16 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	NEbE
Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain	Sat 12:16 PM	1073 km	667 miles	579 nm	N
Venezuela - Cumaná	Sat 11:46 AM	1073 km	667 miles	580 nm	NbW
Brazil - Rondônia - Pôrto Velho	Sat 12:16 PM	1088 km	676 miles	588 nm	SbW
Venezuela - Caracas	Sat 11:46 AM	1174 km	729 miles	634 nm	NNW
Venezuela - Maracay	Sat 11:46 AM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	NWbN

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