day+and+night+cycle

- 1 day = 24 hours - 1 rotation = 23 hours 56 minutes 4096 seconds - When we see the sun rise that is when the earth is at a right angle to the sun - As the Earth completes one rotation of itself it also travels around the sun once - When your location on Earth is facing towards the sun, it is day. When is your location is facing away from the sun, it is night - Day and night is the result of the rotation of the Earth on it's own axis. The axis of the Earth is an imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles. In space every planet goes around the sun and that's how we get day and night