Night facts for kids
Night or nighttime is the time when the Sun is not in the sky. Night happens after dusk and before dawn. The opposite of night is day. The start and end times of night are different in different geographic locations. It varies on season, latitude, longitude and timezone.
In other time zones, the night occurs at different times. This is because the Sun shines on different parts of the Earth at different times. During a solar eclipse it is also partially night because the Sun is blocked out by the Moon.
In popular culture, night is often thought of as a symbol of evil, possibly because of the fear of the dark or possibly because of the lack of visibility.
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Images for kids
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Night sky over a bog in Estonia, with light pollution visible on the horizon
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The drainage basin of the Nile river and delta at night
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The waning moon
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Regent Street, London, at 10:00 pm
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Nótt, the personification of night in Norse mythology, rides her horse in this 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.
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"Noc na Ukrainie" (Ukraine by Night) – a picture presenting a specific atmosphere of winter nigt in 19th century Ukraine by Józef Chełmoński, 1877 oil on canvas, 69 × 129 cm (National Museum in Warsaw)
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Vincent van Gogh's painting Starry Night (1889)
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See also
In Spanish: Noche para niños
