Using Sunrise/Sunset

Sunrise/Sunset has a color display Time Screen (left), a color display Azimuth Screen (center), and a monochrome display (right).

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  • The Time Screen shows the following times: sunrise time (upper left), pre-dawn nautical twilight start time (lower left), sunset time (upper right), post-sunset nautical twilight end time (lower right), and the current time (bottom center).
  • The Azimuth Screen shows the current time, the sunrise time, and the sunset time. The outer circumference of the display shows a compass, with a red pointer indicating north. icon_sunrise indicates the sunrise azimuth while icon_sunset indicates the sunset azimuth.
  • The monochrome display alternates at 10-second intervals between sunrise time (RISE) and sunset time (SET).

Nautical Twilight

Twilight is the time when the sky brightens as the sun is at or just below the horizon (water horizon or visible horizon). There are actually three types of twilight: nautical twilight, civil twilight, and astronomical twilight. Nautical twilight is normally defined as occurring when the sun is from 6 to 12 degrees below the horizon.