Eating on the Equinox: Who's having brreakfast, lunch and dinner right now?

Eating on the Equinox
Who's Having Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Right Now?

Imagine...it's the spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's sunrise in Greenwich, England. The image below shows where the sun is shining at that moment and where it is not. Some people are eating breakfast while others are eating dinner. Some are about to wake up while others are about to go to sleep. Using the clues below, can you put the 10 smiley faces in order from east to west?

Sunlight on Earth at 6 am Greenwich Mean Time

Can you put us in order, from east to west ?
(Use your mouse to slide the Smiley Faces onto the image.)

"Please bring my breakfast," says Smiley #8. "I need my fuel for school."

"Our local sunrise came a little earlier" says says Smiley #5. "We'll be starting class soon!"

Some of us have been awake even longer than Smileys #8 and #5, including Smileys #6, #4, #2, and #10 (in order of who has been awake, from the shortest to the longest time).

"It won't be long and we'll be eating dinner soon, says Smiley #10." The same will be true for Smiley #2 just one hour later. "We finished lunch a little while ago," say Smiley #4. "We're still at the table!" adds Smiley #6.

Meanwhile please be quiet! We are still tucked in bed and have several more hours of sleep say Smileys #3, #7, #9 and #1. "We'll get up in that order because that's the same order in which we went to bed."

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