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You will see the following:

 

 

  • At any instant in time, half of the Earth is in Sun light (day time), and the other half is in darkness (night time).

  • The Sun rises in the east because the Earth spins in an anti-clockwise direction (west to east)

  • The daily movement of the Sun from east to west is due to the rotation of the Earth from west to east.

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