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There is always 50% of the Earth facing the sun and 50% NOT facing it. If you
happen to be on the half that's not facing the sun, you would call that "night".

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There's no such thing as a time when the Earth is not facing the sun.
At every moment, 50% of it is, and the other 50% isn't.

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