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Midnight Wave: New Year Crossing Timezones

A rotating 3D Earth showing the real 26-hour New Year's midnight wave sweeping west from Kiribati (UTC+14) to Baker Island (UTC-12), with 34 real named regions flipping to 'celebrating' at their true UTC-offset moment and a live per-region countdown.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Because Earth's 24 (and fractional) real timezones are offset from UTC by anywhere from +14 to −12 hours, the New Year does not arrive everywhere at once — it sweeps westward across the planet over a genuine 26-hour span. This simulator drives a rotating 3D globe with the real formula for when each of 34 named regions reaches local midnight, lighting up a moving meridian and flipping each region's marker to gold the instant its true UTC offset says the clock strikes twelve.

⚙ Under the hood

A rotating 3D Earth sweeps the real 26-hour New Year's midnight wave across 34 real named regions, each flipping to celebrating at its true UTC-offset moment from UTC+14 down to UTC-12.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install