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sunset

Also known as sundown, setting sun

thumb|upright=1.35|Actual sunset: Two minutes before the Sun disappears below the horizon.

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A sunset is the moment when the Sun dips below the horizon at the end of the day, marking the transition from daylight to evening. It's a natural phenomenon that has long captured human attention and serves as a daily marker of time and the Earth's rotation.

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Occurrence
Location on the horizon
Colors
Names of compass points
Historical view
Planets
The Moon
Mars
Cultural significance
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thumb|upright=1.35|Actual sunset: Two minutes before the Sun disappears below the horizon.

Sunset (or sundown) is the disappearance of the Sun at the end of the Sun path, below the horizon of the Earth (or any other astronomical object in the Solar System) 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 (or not at all) in the spring and summer, and to the southwest in the autumn and winter; these seasons are reversed for the Southern Hemisphere.