Why is it dark?
The earth is an unlit and opaque sphere. At the same time, sunlight can only illuminate half the earth. The hemisphere irradiated by sunlight is daytime, and the hemisphere not irradiated by sunlight is the dividing line (circle) between night, day and night hemisphere, which is called the end line (circle).
At any moment, the day and night state of the earth can be expressed by the height of the sun. The height of the sun is the abbreviation of the solar altitude angle, which indicates the inclination of the sun's rays to the local horizon. In the daytime hemisphere, the height of the sun is always greater than 0 degrees, that is, the sun is above the horizon. In the whole termination line, the height of the sun is equal to 2 degrees, that is, the sun is just on the horizon; In all parts of the night hemisphere, the height of the sun is always less than 0 degrees, that is, the sun is below the horizon. Because the earth keeps running and alternating day and night.