What’s the difference between twilight and sunrise?

8 Responses to “What’s the difference between twilight and sunrise?”

  1. San Diego Art Nut on January 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Twilight is the time when the sun has gone down and the world is still lit.
    Sunrise is when the sun comes up.

  2. sunrise = early morning (as the sun comes up)
    twilight = sunset or early evening (as the sun goes down)

  3. kingoftheintertron on January 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    twilight is nighttime, sunrise is the beginning of daytime

  4. Twilight is the time before sunrise or after sunset when sunlight scattered in the upper atmosphere illuminates the lower atmosphere and the surface of the earth.

  5. twilight is in the pm sunrise in the am

  6. twilight is when sun is beyond the horizon (both b4 sunrise & after sunset)
    sunrise is dawn

  7. Twilight it right before the sun goes completely away (the end of the day) Sunrise is when the sun begins to rise (The beginning of the day)

  8. ……………tech. speaking when the center of the sun is.. 6 degree below the horizon it is civil twilight ……………….. when it 12 degree below it is nautical twilight …………… and when sun is coming above the horizon …it is sun rise ……….. the light you see, when there no sun is twilight …….

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