When is nightfall tonight

I see neighbours gardening in proximity and chatting over the garden fence during civil twilight. More precisely, it means the time between sunset and the moment that the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. The moment that it reaches 6 degrees below is called civil dusk. The term dates back to when sailors used the stars for navigation, because during nautical twilight — the spell when the sun is between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon — most stars can be seen with the naked eye.

Nautical dusk is the moment the sun reaches 12 degrees below. The sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon, and this is the spell when there is still a little light in the sky, but before true dark. After astronomical dusk at 18 degrees below, all stars will be visible. Snatch these moments of gardening gloaming now, because within a month, night will have very nearly tacked itself on to the end of the working day. And if you would like to have this sort of day-to-day knowledge about the turning of the earth to refer to day after day, please consider pledging to support my crowdfunded project, The New Almanac, by pre-buying a first edition via on my Unbound page.

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