The world's population reached 8 billion in mid-November, and for a fleeting moment on Tuesday (today), roughly 6.88 billion people will be in darkness. At 2:56 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 6, roughly 86% of the global population will be experiencing darkness, according to TimeAndDate. At this precise moment, it will be nighttime across all of Europe, Africa and virtually all of Asia.

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December 6: Most People in Nighttime
According to calculations, the moment of maximum darkness happens on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 19:56 UTC. Convert to your local time. At that instant, the sky will be completely dark for about 85.92 percent of the world’s population as the night reigns across the three most populous continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe (with very minor exceptions).