In the months of March or September before the equinoxes, both astronomical dawn and astronomical dusk occurs at latitudes less than 63°26' North or South, because in the months of March or September before the equinoxes the Sun’s declination is less than 8°34' from the Equator;

This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended." -- Library JournalHard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.” — San Francisco Book Review Jordan is able to take ... familiar elements and make them his own, in a powerful novel of wide and complex scope. Open religious and political conflicts add a gritty realism, while the cities and courts provide plenty of drama and splendor. Women have a stronger role than in Tolkien.... Each character in this large cast remains distinct.... Their adventures are varied, and exciting.... The Eye of the World stands alone as a fantasy epic." -- Locus Venus maintains its elevation for the first three weeks or so of December, but by the start of the last week of the year it sinks rapidly towards the horizon. Venus’ phase shrinks and its disc swells as its elongation from the Sun decreases. On Christmas Day, Venus sports a seven-per cent-illuminated disc spanning nearly a degree. Jupiter and Saturn near to the end of their visibility a b Van Flandern, T.; K. Pulkkinen (1980). "Low precision formulae for planetary positions". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 31 (3): 391. Bibcode: 1979ApJS...41..391V. doi: 10.1086/190623. Civil twilight" redirects here. For other uses, see Civil twilight (disambiguation). Midtown Manhattan during civil twilight, demonstrating blue hour

As far as fairy behaviour goes, it’s fairly tame. Richardson even describes the locals as being “dreadfully annoyed by the pranks” (1846: 181). Still, it is also inconvenient! a b c "Definitions from the US Astronomical Applications Dept". USNO. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27 . Retrieved 2011-07-22. Jordan's writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!" --Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone To Henderson, the Silky stands out because the stories “date from a period when silk was not in common use, and therefore attracted notice in country places” (1879: 270).According to Vanessa Histon, there was a rumour that Silky was a girl who was strangled by her jealous sister. Apparently, she wore a white silk dress as she moved around the hall. In some stories, Silky cared for anyone who was ill, while others painted her as more terrifying, with visitors leaving as soon as possible (2000: 13). As December opens, from the south of England Venus lies slightly under 13 degrees high above the south-south-western horizon at sunset, which from London occurs at about 4pm GMT. In Edinburgh, Venus lies at an altitude of around nine degrees at sunset (~3.45pm GMT). Town and city dwellers will need to seek out a view free from obstructing building and trees to watch Venus materialise out of the diminishing twilight as it descends towards the horizon as early evening wears on. How many times do I have to tell you, Leilwin?” That was the name she was using. She claimed it was Taraboner. At any rate, it did not sound Seanchan. “If we don’t even hold hands unless we see somebody watching, we’re going to look a pretty strange pair of lovers to anybody we don’t see.” Histon also reports another tale from the 19th century. A young lady stayed at the hall, and one evening, attended a ball at Newcastle’s Old Assembly Rooms. She met a young man she liked, but when she returned to the hall, she found an old woman in a satin gown sitting in her room. The woman offered a warning that the young lady wouldn’t be so happy if she knew what was in her future. The young woman realised she couldn’t see the old lady reflected in the mirror, at which point the old woman vanished.

By the end of civil twilight, the brightest period of the three phases of twilight which ends when the centre of the Sun lies more than six degrees below the horizon, at about 40 minutes after sunset, Venus has slipped to an altitude of 10 degrees from London. A small telescope can reveal Venus’ 28.2-per cent- illuminated disc spanning nearly 40 arcseconds. Venus will exhibit a 25.6 per cent phase on 4 December 2021, as it did when this image was shot on 21 February 2009. Image: Damian Peach. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Rhannon Hills. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. The story opens with the wind rising in Rhiannon Hills and blowing across the harbor of Ebou Dar just as Mat is taking exit from the Tarasin Palace. He arrives at the city game with a host of Aes Sedai in tow. At the same time, his long and problematic “relationship” with Tuon aka the Daughter of the Nine Moons, commences and takes shape only after he learns that what he assumed was simple discourse is, among the Seanchan people, nothing less than a flat-out proposal of marriage. And thus begins a very long and very strange courtship. I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan.” —Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings Nautical twilight: between 54°33'43" and 60°33'43" north or south. In the northern hemisphere this includes the center of Russia, Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Denmark. In the southern hemisphere this includes the southernmost point of South America, and Ushuaia in Argentina. When nautical twilight lasts all night, this is also referred as a white night. [13]In Andor, Elayne Trakland fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it. In Arctic and Antarctic latitudes in wintertime, the polar night only rarely produces complete darkness for 24 hours each day. This can occur only at locations within 5.5 degrees of latitude of the Pole, and there only on dates close to the winter solstice. At all other latitudes and dates, the polar night includes a daily period of twilight, when the Sun is not far below the horizon. Around winter solstice, when the solar declination changes slowly, complete darkness lasts several weeks at the Pole itself, e.g., from May 11 to July 31 at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. [a] North Pole has the experience of this from November 13 to January 29. When Mrs Warner returned to Newcastle during the Second World War, she found an old friend now owned Denton Hall. According to him, he’d seen and heard nothing, but his son’s bedroom appeared to be at the centre of a poltergeist haunting. The man wouldn’t talk about it, finding himself angered by the events, and the family soon left Denton Hall (1961: 513). Indeed, this could explain the third Silky that appears in the records in the north east. According to Henderson, some thought she was a ghost. During William III’s reign, the Duke of Argyle had a mistress. He lived at Chirton, near North Shields. This mistress died suddenly at Chirton, “not without suspicion of murder” (Henderson 1879: 270). The idea of a vengeful spirit fits in with late 19th century ideas about ghosts.