Which part of the earth was day or night when the earth created?
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very tricky question, millions of years ago all the continants were all fuzed together. So it seems like everyone was either facing day/night together.
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The earth rotates 1 on its axis every 24 hours.  Hipparchus proposed dividing the day equally into 24 hours which came to be known as equinoctial hours (because they are based on 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness on the days of the Equinoxes). Ordinary people continued to use seasonally varying hours for a long time. Only with the advent of mechanical clocks in Europe in the 14th Century, did the system we use today become common place
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The Earth is rotating around an axis (called its rotational axis). Some objects rotate about a horizontal axis, like a rolling log. Some objects, such as a skater, rotate about a vertical axis. The Earth's axis is tipped over about 23.5° from vertical.\n\nHow do we define up and down in space? What would "vertical" mean? For the Earth, we can think of vertical as straight up and down with respect to the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sun (called the ecliptic).\n\nEarth's rotational axis points in the same direction relative to the stars, so that the North Pole points towards the star Polaris. Think of the Earth as a spinning top, tipped over to one side. Over very long time periods (thousands of years) the direction of Earth's axis slowly changes due to precession.\n\nThe Earth rotates around once in 24 hours - that's a rate of 1000 miles per hour!. The time it takes for the Earth to rotate completely around once is what we call a day. It's Earth's rotation that gives us night and day.\n\nThe combined effect of the Earth's tilt and its orbital motion result in the seasons
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It's actual called the summer solstice.  The longest day and the shortest night.  The equinoxs (spring and autumn) are named because the day and nights are equal in length of time.  The Summer Solstice is June 21.
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day and night are caused by the fact that sunlight can only light half of earth at a time, and since earth is spinning, we are carried along and pass in and out of the sunlight.  earth has an atmosphere so we can see scattered sunlight even when we can't see the sun.  this is called twilight.
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When the Sun was born. ;)  4.6 billion years ago.
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The sun does not orbit the Earth (LOL).  The reason we have night and day is because it takes the Earth about 24 hours to rotate (spin).  Each time a side is facing the Sun, it is day, and when it is turned away it is in night.
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Night and day occur at the same time on opposite sides of a planet.
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I believe you are referring to the changes in the seasons.  Because the rotational axis of the earth is tilted a bit more than 23 degrees away from it's orbital plane the earth gets a bit more in the way of the sun (so to speak) as winter approaches so sunrise is a bit later each day, and sunset a bit earlier.  After the winter solstice less and less of the earth is in the way, so sunrise starts a bit earlier each day, and sunset a bit later, until the summer solstice.  Interestingly dusk is longer in the winter because the sun rises and sets at more of an angle to the horizon.  For the same reason, in the tropics dusk is shorter because the sun rises and sets more nearly vertical.  In the more northern part of the northern hemisphere and the more southern part of the southern hemisphere dusk may last all night long in the summer (culminating in the "midnight sun" north of the arctic or south of the antarctic circles).  In addition, due to the refraction of the atmosphere we see the sun earlier than actual sunrise and later than actual sunset (the atmosphere acts as sort of a lens).
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The truth is, the moon obviously orbits the earth, right? So you look up and see the moon in the time of day, it is at an angle where other parts of the Earth can see it, sometimes the moon is here in the day time because it is on the same side as we are facing the sun, if it is during the night time, we see the moon because it has orbited behind the Earth, it takes the moon a certain amount of time to get around the Earth.
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Near the north pole, where the Earth's atmosphere is thinnest, charged particles from the Sun impact the protective layer of the Earth's atmosphere and create light shows at night.
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There is a common misconception that winter happens when earth is farthest from the sun.  Actually, earth's orbit is only slightly elliptical.  Temperatures vary because of the inclination of the earth.\n\nThe hours of daylight and darkness are not related to earth's orbit.  The hours change because the earth rotates about the north pole - south pole axis and this axis is tilted relative to the sun.  Check the link in sources for all the details!
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On new moon day, the moon and sun are in the same direction from earth.\n\nThe non illuminated portion of the moon is turned toward us. In the bright background of light we are not able to see the moon.\n\nSince the earth rotates about its axis, this new moon is for all in the world.  \nThe sun and moon rises in the east and sets in the west almost with no time difference.\nTherefore the moon is in the sky during day time, even though we are not able to see it.\n\nIn each day, the moon separates from the sun approximately by 12 degree.\n\nAfter one or two days latter, the moon is separated from the sun towards east. Therefore, we see the moon (crescent moon) after sun set for few hours in the west or in the   evening. All persons in the world will view the crescent moon when it is evening for them.\n\nApproximately after seven days, the moon separates from the sun through 90 degree. \n When the sun comes to the zenith, the moon rises in the east. The moon appears as a half moon in the east. For the viewers it is a day time. We see the half moon from the afternoon of this day till mid night in the sky. At mid night it sets in the West. \n When the sun sets in the west the moon is seen in the zenith. All people in the world will see the half moon from mid day to mid night.\n\n\nAfter approximately fifteen days, the moon is separated from the sun through 180 degree. When the sun sets in the west moon rises in the west. We call this as full moon. Through out the night the full moon will be visible and during day time it will not be visible. This is the same for all people in the world. \n\nOne can complete this cycle from Full moon to new moon (in another 15 days).
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You know that when it's daytime for you, someone on the other side of Earth is experiencing night time - the Sun lights up half of the earth at any given time.  The same is true for the Moon - it is always half lit up by the Sun and half dark.  But we don't always see the lit up side.  Sometimes we do, like tonight (a Full Moon).  But other times we "see" the dark half (a New Moon) (you can't really see the dark half because it's dark!), and sometimes we see a little bit of both (First Quarter Moon, for example).  \n\nWe see different parts of the lit up side and the dark side because the Moon orbits Earth about once every month.  Right now, if you were to see the Sun, Earth, and Moon from high above Earth's north pole, the three would be almost lined up: Sun, then Earth, then Moon.  If they were *perfectly* lined up then there would be a lunar eclipse, but that only happens a couple times a year, if that.  Next week, as the Moon goes around Earth, the Sun, Earth, and Moon will make a right angle and not a straight line.  That's when we see a Third Quarter Moon - only the left half of the Moon will be visible as seen from Earth.  Another week and the Moon will be almost between the Sun and Earth, so the dark side of the Moon will be facing Earth - what we call New Moon.  (If the Moon came exactly between the Sun and Earth we would have a solar eclipse, but just like lunar eclipses they are very rare).\n\nThere is a huge difference between a lunar eclipse and a new moon - apparently several of the people who answered above me don't know that!
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go to\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
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The moon is often visible during the daytime! If it's not visible during the daytime where you are, it's visible from somewhere else on Earth.
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Sure time was created! Genesis 1:5b: And there was evening and there was morning, one day. It's a matter of faith not science. Science holds onto the big-bang, which seperates it out form being created. Therefore, science cannot find a begining.