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sunset

Daily disappearance of the Sun below the western half of the horizon

Entitytime of day astronomical phenomenonQ166564

Also known as sundown · setting sun

Instance of: time of day
, astronomical phenomenon
Subclass of: objectset
Part of: day

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Sunset is the disappearance of the Sun at the end of the Sun path, below the horizon of the Earth due to its rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth, it is a phenomenon that happens approximately once every 24 hours, except in areas close to the poles. The equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spring and autumn equinoxes. As viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun sets to the northwest in the spring and summer, and to the southwest in the autumn and winter; these seasons are reversed for the Southern Hemisphere.

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Unicode character: 🌇
Opposite of: sunrise
Followed by: night
afterglow
dusk
Different from: Sonnenuntergang criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Sonnenuntergang
Sunset criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: sunset
afterglow
twilight
alpenglow
Color: sunset srgb color hex triplet: FAD6A5
Follows: evening
Hashtag: Sunset language: English
Sonnenuntergang language: German

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