Day and night

UTC hour 23:03. The shaded half is night. The line is the terminator.

This is a schematic, not a satellite photograph. Polar day and night are simplified.

The terminator

Sun

Night is the dark half

The line is where the Sun sits on the horizon in this simplified drawing. Real sunrise depends on latitude, altitude, and refraction. City sunrise pages use coordinates.

Moon

A different night

Moonlight on Earth is a separate sketch. Illumination follows the current moon phase fraction.

London

Today's sunrise

Pick a city for dawn, dusk, and day length in local time.