Length of the Night
as an interval between the PM and AM moments
of Sun passing a given angular height (default -6°, for the ``civil night''):
The centre of Sun is at a place with coordinates [Lambda=16.6°, Phi=49.2°]
in an angular height of h =-6.0°
in the following morning and evening moments (given in UTC+ 1h):
year-month-day morning evening twilight decl. >mean night A-W
h:min / 1 min /1° /1min /1h /1°
2026- 2-26 Thursda 6:10 18: 3 32.3 -8.62 -12.9 12.11 -6.3
27 Friday 6: 8 18: 5 32.2 -8.25 -12.7 12.05 -5.7
28 Saturda 6: 6 18: 6 32.2 -7.87 -12.5 11.99 -5.1
Average for 3 days
from 3 values is 6: 8 18: 5 32.2 -8.25 -12.7 12.05 -5.7
Meaning of remaining columns:
Twilight is an interval to/from h=-0.8°
Declination of Sun is given for the moment of local mean noon,
>Mean says how much is the Sun ahead of the mean time,
Night is the time the Sun travels below h,
A-W is departure of solar azimuth from the west when at h afternoon.
This is a result of the programme
nights (available as a part of a package
pas_jh.zip (1.2 MB) --
the needed Pascal units themselves are unzipped within
this directory, the whole tree of my programmes within
this directory)
with a command line:
nights d26.02.2026 t18:34 l16.6 f49.2 ut1 h-6 n2 i1