Meanings
nounastronomical twilight (countable and uncountable, plural astronomical twilights)
plural astronomical twilights
- countableuncountableThe period in which the sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
Translations
Dutch astronomische schemering
- astronomische schemeringperiod of partial darkness
Finnish astronominen hämärä
- astronominen hämäräperiod of partial darkness
Icelandic stjörnurökkur
- stjörnurökkurperiod of partial darkness
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