Here ’s a uncanny claim that mobilise most year : on July 8 , for a few minutes at least , 99 pct of the world ’s population will be in sunshine .
No , this is n’t the claim of vapid - Earthers , nor day of reckoning cultists who believe the Sun is about to engulf the Earth . The title , in fact , is ( basically ) lawful .
While you might expect that sunshine would make the most people on the solstice , July 8 at around 11:15 UTC ( regain what time that is for youhere ) sees more masses bathing in the Sun ’s sweet-smelling rays . This is essentially because the only part of the existence out of Sun is the scarcely - populated New Zealand , the pretty populated Indonesia , and the barren man - devoid waste otherwise known as Australia .
But is it true to say 99 percent of the man will see sun at the same sentence ? Well , according toanalysis from timeanddate.comthe answer is , essentially and surprisingly , yes .
Looking at their own sun datum , plus population data from the Center for International Earth Science Information internet , they were able-bodied to form out that at 11:15 UTC , just under 80 million people on Earth will be experiencing nighttime . The rest – about 7.7 billion people – will feel some level of illumination from the sun , place from absolute daylight to twilight .
However , some of this – around 16 percent of the population – will be indirect sunshine , experienced when the Sun is below the horizon but you may still see its light . Some of the universe will still be illume by the sun ’s rays , but not really enough to in good order find it ’s not nighttime .
As the Sun goes below the horizon at about12 - 18 degree – known as astronomical gloaming – some sun still score it to you , but it will not be enough for you to hold it daytime . For about 3 per centum of the universe , Time and Date conclude , this will be the case .
In short , the call is essentially true . 99 percentage of the Earth ’s population will have experienced sunlight at 11:15 UTC today , even if not all of them will see enough to think it ’s time to get out of layer .
