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- noun The period in which the sun is less than 6° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
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skipvia commented on the word civil twilight
The time from sunset until the center of the sun drops 6˚ below the horizon (evening civil twilight), or in the morning from 6˚ below the horizon until sunrise (morning civil twilight).
October 23, 2007