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Twilight, blue hour and golden hour
| Period | Morning | Evening |
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Twilight limits are the standard ones, measured at the center of the sun without refraction. Blue hour and golden hour are photographers' conventions with no fixed definition; the limits above are one common choice.
Sun path
Moon
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Next phases
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Table by month
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
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Notes
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a level horizon at sea level, allowing for the average bending of light by the air. Moonrise and moonset work the same way for the moon. The air on the day can move the real moment by a minute or more; hills, buildings and height move it further, and near the poles, where the sun meets the horizon at a shallow angle, by many minutes.
Sun and moon altitudes include that bending. Directions are compass bearings from true north.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions and rise and set times: Astronomy Engine by Don Cross (MIT license). Time zone rules come from the IANA time zone database built into your browser.
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