On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time.Published On 8 Jul 20268 Jul 2026Because of Earth’s tilt and the timing of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, about 99 percent of the world’s population – some 8.2 billion people – will experience daylight or twilight simultaneously on July 8, at about 11:10 GMT.For a brief period lasting only about a minute, Earth’s most populated areas will all be under the Sun, with only a small fraction experiencing nighttime.Daylight will stretch across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and most of Asia,…