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This answer is based on a 2019 article Light Before the Sun: How biblical apologists have historically understood the source of light before the sun was created in Genesis 1 by authors speaking on behalf of a premier Young Earth Creationist institution: Answers in Genesis.
The article presents several Young Earth Creationist views that have been held in the past (along with their weaknesses) then presents Ken Ham's view as one possibility (Ken Ham is co-founder and CEO of Answers in Genesis):
The article then states how Young Earth Creationists are open to multiple hypotheses:
As can be seen from the small sampling above, there are numerous views on this subject, and all of them are based on accepting the Bible as the ultimate authority and then using theological inference from Scripture alone to develop an explanation for that which Scripture does not specifically state. Ultimately, we must admit that Scripture doesn’t satisfy our curiosity on this question, but leaves us free to put forth possible explanations, as long as we acknowledge that we cannot dogmatically assert our favored hypothesis as “fact.”
The article concludes with several guidelines to forming a Biblical hypothesis:
Answering your question:
How is the whole earth globe after the creation of the light? Is the whole surface of the earth bright, or there is a part of its surface which is dark?
I think it's safe to say that the earth is already a rotating globe before Gen 1:3, and that the light shining on it came from heaven, which already exists since Gen 1:1. Like "a light from heaven shone around" Paul/Saul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3), this light can be from a physical heaven (i.e., sky) or from spiritual heaven (i.e. God's Throne Room).
Quotes from Chapter 8 of Ken Ham's 2016 book The New Answers Book 1: Over 25 Questions on Creation/Evolution and the Bible:
The first three days are written the same way as the next three. So if we let the language speak to us, all six days were ordinary earth days. . . . The sun is not needed for day and night. What is needed is light and a rotating earth. On the first day of creation, God made light (Genesis 1:3).
The phrase “evening and morning” certainly implies a rotating earth. Thus, if we have light from one direction, and a spinning earth, there can be day and night.
Some people ask why God did not tell us the source of this light. However, if God told us everything, we would have so many books we would not have time to read them. God has given us all the information we need to come to the right conclusions about the things that really matter.