Questions tagged [sunset]

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How long do the phases of sunset take?

How long does it take from the moment the Sun star 'touches' the horizon, to the time it totally disappear? (I'm not talking about the radiation (rays), but just about the appearance of the star by itself. I don't care of the rays). If I were near a…
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How to generate times of sunset along a line that crosses a continent?

Would like to avoid using single location iteration of a website that gives time of sunset each date for locations. I want to be able to produce a chart or info-graphic for publishing on a website as a guide for participants stretching from…
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How to find how many degrees from the beginning to the end of the sunset?

According to what I what told here there is 0.5 degrees from the beginning the end of the sunset. Unfortunately I didn't understand two things: 1) How can I prove in the simplest way that there's 0.5 degrees only from the beginning to the end…
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