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How much of the earth is facing the sun?

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Approximately fifty percent (50%). The sun is larger than the earth, and gravity bends light, plus sunlight reflects off the atmosphere--all of these things contribute to perhaps slightly more than 50% of the earth being bathed in sunlight at any one time (not counting sunlight reflected off the lunar surface).

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