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In its most general sense, twilight is the period of time before sunrise and after sunset, in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated by the sun, being neither totally dark or completely lit. However there are three categories of twilight that are defined by how far the sun is below the horizon.

However, technically, the three stages of dusk are as follows:

• At civil dusk, the center of the Sun’s disc goes 6° below the horizon in the evening.
• At nautical dusk, the Sun apparently moves to 12° below the horizon in the evening.
• At astronomical dusk, the Sun’s position is 18° below the horizon in the evening.

dawn

Dusk, dawn. Sunset, sunrise. What’s the opposite of twilight? In the absence of an English word that would describe the light level when the sun is just above the horizon, the sequence is: Darkness, dawn, twilight, sunlight, twilight, dusk, darkness.

SYNONYMS. dusk, early evening, evening, close of day. sunset, sundown, nightfall. literary eventide, the gloaming. rare owl light, crepuscule, crepuscle, evenfall.

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for POETIC TWILIGHT [een]

: the time of evening : evening.

The period between afternoon and nighttime: dusk, eve, evening, gloaming, nightfall, twilight.

A poetic word for “twilight,” or the time of day immediately after the sun sets, is gloaming. The best thing about summer evenings is looking for twinkling fireflies in the gloaming. You can call that the gloaming.

gloaming(noun) Antonyms: daylight, nocturnal, darkness, diurnal, nighttime, daytime. Synonyms: sundown, crepuscule, dusk, vespers, twilight, dawn.

Antonym of Dusk

Gloaming in a Sentence ?

1. The thin crescent moon provided a hint of light in the night’s sky in the gloaming.
2. At gloaming, the night sky began to darken and the stars could be seen more clearly.
3. Playing outside until gloaming, the kids were disappointed that twilight had arrived.