This Saturday you will be experiencing something at the same time as 99% of the world’s population.

Last year, an internet meme claiming 99% of the world’s population gets sunlight at the same time on July 8 was confirmed to be true.

While it might seem impossible, time zone website timeanddate.com found that most of the world’s population really does receive some degree of sunlight at the same moment each year.

July 8 is described as the ‘perfect day’, when at 12.15pm BST, dawn begins on the North American west coast while it’s still dusk in East and Southeast Asia – and this year is no different.

The claim first appeared three years ago on a Reddit post, where user GiddySwine shared an image from a day and night world map, claiming that 99% of the world’s population was between dawn and dusk on July 8 at 11:15 UTC.

A more widely circulated version on Twitter claimed that 99% of the population experiences daylight at that moment, saying that this day should have a name and should be a holiday.

In fact, this happens on a whole range of dates – but only around a specific time of day.

So, mark your calendars for that perfect moment you can share with most of humanity.

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