Is it day or nighttime when experiencing a total solar eclipse?

Answer 1

Put this in perspective of scale so it's easier to imagine.

If Earth were a regular sized model globe (1 foot in diameter), the Sun would be about 2 miles away and about 109 feet across.

You are on spot on the globe, which circles the sun at a rate of once a year (or about 8 feet, 5 inches per hour). Meanwhile, this globe rotates once every 24 hours. The sun remains stationary.

When you are on the side facing away from the Sun, it is nighttime. As the globe turns so the Sun just starts peeking into view (you are on the forward side as it glides along its orbit), it is sunrise.

During the day, you are on the side then facing the Sun.

At all times, half of the Earth is illuminated (well, technically, a bit more, as sunlight is slightly refracted by the atmosphere around the edges, but just a little bit).

So, when it is midday in London, places on the opposite side of the world (Fiji, New Zealand) are experiencing the middle of night. Then, when those places are at midday, 12 hours later, London is experiencing midnight.

Answer 2

The Earth is a sphere (shaped like a ball). There's always 50% of its surface facing

the sun and the other 50% facing away from the sun. The half that's facing the sun

is experiencing a condition known in English as "day", while the half facing away is

in a condition of "night"

Answer 3

At any moment, 50% of the earth is facing the sun, and the other 50% can't see the sun.

The 50% that has line of sight to the sun and can see it in the sky is experiencing 'day'.

The 50% that has no line of sight to the sun and cannot see it in the sky is experiencing

'night'.

Answer 4

No, just the opposite, when your part of the Earth faces the Sun.

Answer 5

During a total solar eclipse, it becomes dark as if it were nighttime, even though it is actually daytime. The Moon blocks the Sun's light, creating a temporary period of darkness.

Answer 6

i dont know u tell me im just a meatball

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

yes