Talk:Sunset

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Addition of descending fireball shot at end of section

• Guys, I couldn't resist adding this. I think it ends the section before Eastern Colors very well, and puts an exclamation point on the article. However, if consensus doesn't care for it, please remove it with my blessings. Pocketthis (talk) 17:48, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

"western horizon"

Please see related discussion at Talk:Sunrise#.22eastern_horizon.22. Please respond there rather than here, in order to keep all the discussion in one place. Thank you. --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 07:17, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Although I find this article incredibly informative, the occasional lack of citations is somewhat concerning. Specifically, there are several facts in the passages under the introductory and "Occurrence" sections that do not have references, or the references that are cited fail to relay all the information that is mentioned in the article. The author does a good job of simply stating facts, but it would more helpful if he/she were to tell me where the all information came from. The standard wikipedia rule of at least one citation per paragraph is not followed (and in this case it seems necessary).

The author's discussion of twilight and dusk in the introductory portion of the article was at first somewhat distracting as I failed to see its relevance to sunsets. However, upon re-reading, it is clear that this brief discussion is useful as it tells us more about sunsets by drawing a comparison. Perhaps this could be placed in a different section so it is not one of the first things the reader sees.

The subheadings are well organized, follow a logical order, and seem to answer all the questions I (an average reader) would have about the topic. There is no clear bias and the author uses a wide range of reliable sources (according to the wikipedia definition of the term). It might be interesting to see if there has been any new information published about sunsets that could be used to update the article as the most recent source that was referenced was published 6 years ago in 2011. Berkeley17 (talk) 03:11, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

What's the name for the angle of the setting sun?

I was reading the double sunset article and see that for that phenomena to work that you need to be far enough to the north or south of the equator that the apparent path of the Sun draws an angle across the sky. What's the name of this angle? The azimuth is the angle from north to where the Sun is. The altitude (also known as the elevation) is the angle from the horizon up to the Sun (or down below the horizon if the Sun is no longer visible. Is there a word that's for the tilt or angle of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky with respect to the horizon? When I've been just south of the Arctic circle in the summertime the Sun appears to move westward or from left to right in a circle around me. At noon it's a bit above the horizon and is at its highest altitude/elevation. Sunset is shortly before midnight where the Sun skims a little bit below the horizon (the sky stays lit) for a bit, and then is visible as sunrise is starts less than an hour after sunset. What at the equator the Sun appears to sink straight down into the horizon. Those are the two extremes for the angle of the Sun relative to the horizon. Above the Arctic circle the Sun never sets bit there's still an angle between its highest point at noon) and lowest point at midnight. --Marc Kupper|talk 05:08, 31 March 2018 (UTC)