View an approximate day and night map on a 3D Earth globe. Change the UTC time, inspect the subsolar point, and see which major cities are in daylight.
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Time
Sun Position
Subsolar point
23.10°S, 179.33°W
Terminator
Visible
Auto rotate
Keep the globe moving while you inspect daylight.
City Daylight
New YorkNight
LondonNight
ParisNight
Los AngelesDay
San FranciscoDay
ChicagoNight
TorontoNight
VancouverDay
Mexico CityDay
Sao PauloNight
Rio de JaneiroNight
Buenos AiresNight
SantiagoNight
LimaNight
MadridNight
BerlinNight
RomeNight
IstanbulNight
BeijingDay
TokyoDay
SeoulDay
TaipeiDay
Hong KongDay
ShanghaiDay
SingaporeDay
BangkokDay
JakartaDay
MumbaiNight
DelhiNight
SydneyDay
AucklandDay
DubaiNight
CairoNight
NairobiNight
LagosNight
Cape TownNight
Approximate visualization
The day and night shading is generated from 3D lighting driven by the subsolar point. It is designed for educational visualization, not astronomy-grade ephemeris, navigation, aviation, maritime charting, or safety-critical reference.