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  2. Evening - Wikipedia

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    Evening is the period of a day that begins at the end of daylight and overlaps with the beginning of night. [1] It generally indicates the period of time when the sun is close to the horizon and comprises the periods of civil, nautical and astronomical twilight .

  3. Moonrise and moonset - Wikipedia

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    A waning gibbous is best seen from late night to early morning. [6] The Moon rises 30 to 70 minutes (should be a fixed number, about 50 minutes, if it's the same 13 degrees) later each day/night than the day/night before, due to the fact that the Moon moves 13 degrees every day. Hence, the Earth must move 13 degrees after completing one ...

  4. Midsummer - Wikipedia

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    It is celebrated in the night from 23 June to 24 June and on 24 June. The traditions include singing songs and dancing until the sun sets, telling tales, searching to find the magic fern blossom at midnight, jumping over bonfires, greeting the rising midsummer sun and washing the face with a morning dew, young girls float flower wreaths on the ...

  5. Midnight - Wikipedia

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    Solar midnight is the time opposite to solar noon, when the Sun is closest to the nadir, and the night is equidistant from sunset and sunrise. Due to the advent of time zones , which regularize time across a range of meridians , and daylight saving time , solar midnight rarely coincides with 12 midnight on the clock.

  6. Afternoon - Wikipedia

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    Afternoon is the time between noon and sunset or evening. [1] It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and school day. In literal terms, it refers to a time specifically after noon.

  7. Six planets will align in the night sky on June 3. How ... - AOL

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    Starting June 3, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will dazzle the sky as they near each other in the solar system, giving stargazers something special to look at in the morning.

  8. Roman timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Sundial at the Temple of Apollo (Pompeii). In Roman timekeeping, a day was divided into periods according to the available technology.Initially, the day was divided into two parts: the ante meridiem (before noon) and the post meridiem (after noon).

  9. Winter solstice - Wikipedia

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    Iranian people celebrate the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice as, "Yalda night", which is known to be the "longest and darkest night of the year". Yalda night celebration, or as some call it "Shabe Chelleh" ("the 40th night"), is one of the oldest Iranian traditions that has been present in Persian culture from ancient times ...