Day and Night — Earth's Rotation (detailed) — free printable diagram

About this illustration

A detailed, labelled diagram illustrating the cause of day and night due to Earth's rotation. The Earth is shown centrally with a clear day/night division: the left (sunlit) half labelled 'Day Side – Facing the Sun (in daylight)' and the right (dark) half labelled 'Night Side – Facing away from the Sun (in darkness)'. The Sun is depicted to the left with horizontal arrows labelled 'Sunlight' pointing toward Earth. Earth's rotational axis is shown as a dashed line from South Pole to North Pole, with an 'Axis Tilt 23.5°' label and a rotation ellipse at the top. A purple curved arrow beneath Earth indicates rotation direction, labelled 'Earth's Rotation – West to East'. Two analogue clocks at bottom-left and bottom-right represent Day and Night respectively. A calendar icon notes 'Earth rotates once every 24 hours'.

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