Talk:Dusk

Merge

I have to dispute the usage in this article.. I've seen all of these terms, but with "twilight" instead of "dusk". Google backs me up on this --- searching for "civil twilight" yields 290K hits, while searching for "civil dusk" yields 87 hits :-(.

Shall we move this article to twilight and replace all "dusk" with "twilight" (and invert the sense of the sentences)? -- hike395 06:39, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Probably Oppose Though I am familiar with Civil/ Nautical/ Astronomical Twilight and have never heard of Civil/ Nautical/ Astronomical Dusk, it does seem that Dusk refers to a specific time and twilight refers to a time duration. This is demonstrated by the content on the page Twilight, a list similar to the list on Dusk. That would mean that the two terms are subtley different, and so should not be merged. I'm not an expert. SeanMD80 02:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, it is a completely seperate term/article, it just needs expanding.129.12.200.50 16:26, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Dusk is - in my experience - the point where the light is dying, but twilight is when the stars are coming out. At certain times of the year, they are both notably distinct things. I'm refering to usage in the UK and Ireland. - Drrngrvy 16:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Twilight typically refers to a "time period," or a "span of time," that can happen before sunrise or after sunset. Dusk is a moment in time that occurs only after sunset, as illustrated by the fact the dusk (whether it be civil, nautical or astronomical) happens at an exact moment when the sun is at a certain degree elevation.

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This article should have links to what time it becomes dusk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.7.147.153 (talk • contribs) 13:00, July 7, 2007 – Please sign your posts!

That depends on where on a planet one is, since not all locations receive the same angle of sunlight throughout the year (in the polar regions, especially). ∞Σɛ_Þ² ^(τ|c) 19:55, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]