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.
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"
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'.
No, just the opposite, when your part of the Earth faces the Sun.
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A solar eclipse may be partial, total, or annular.
Other than the view itself, there are almost no physical effects caused by a solar eclipse. There is no effect on climate or weather, and not much on people or animals. If the eclipse is 90% total or more, then animals will begin to return to their nighttime dens and nests, thinking that nightfall is coming.
There were no total solar eclipses during 2007. There was one total lunar eclipse, one partial lunar eclipse, and two partial solar eclipses.
If there is a total lunar eclipse, everybody sees it as total. If there is a total solar eclipse, only people in a small part of Earth see it as total - most will see it as a partial eclipse, or not at all.
In a total Solar Eclipse, the moon blocks the sun from being seen, revealing the Suns Corona.
A solar eclipse may be partial, total, or annular.
Other than the view itself, there are almost no physical effects caused by a solar eclipse. There is no effect on climate or weather, and not much on people or animals. If the eclipse is 90% total or more, then animals will begin to return to their nighttime dens and nests, thinking that nightfall is coming.
solar eclipse maybe?
A total solar eclipse only occurs when there is a new moon.
This is a solar eclipse, specifically a total eclipse (Total solar eclipse I think is how you would word it).
During a total solar eclipse, at one point it will be almost completely dark.
A total solar eclipse
the next total solar eclipse is on the 22nd of July.
a total lunar eclipse can be seen anywhere on earth where the moon is visible so you are more likely to see a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse
There were no total solar eclipses during 2007. There was one total lunar eclipse, one partial lunar eclipse, and two partial solar eclipses.
If there is a total lunar eclipse, everybody sees it as total. If there is a total solar eclipse, only people in a small part of Earth see it as total - most will see it as a partial eclipse, or not at all.
The last total solar eclipse for Dallas was Feb 20th 2008