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24-1271: Easterly may refer to anything facing, located in, or coming from, the East , particularly: Easterlies, the trade winds which blow primarily east-to-west in tropical regions People [ edit ] Catharine F. Easterly (born 1970), American judge in Washington, D.C. Chris Easterly , American screenwriter Dick Easterly (born 1939), American football player Harry Easterly (1922–2005), American golf administrator Jamie Easterly (born 1953), American baseball player Jen Easterly (born 1968), American intelligence officer Ted Easterly (1885–1951), American baseball player Thomas Martin Easterly (1809–1882), American photographer William Easterly (born 1957), American economist Places [ edit ] Easterly, Texas , an unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "easterly"  or "easterlies" on Misplaced Pages. Easterly wave ,

48-507: A few weeks. The polar circle (at 66°33′50.2″ north or south) is defined as the lowest latitude at which the Sun does not set at the summer solstice . Therefore, the angular radius of the polar circle is equal to the angle between Earth's equatorial plane and the ecliptic plane. This period of time with no sunset lengthens closer to the pole. Near the summer solstice, latitudes higher than about 54°34′ get no darker than nautical twilight;

72-531: A part of the church orientation concept liturgical east and west . The Orient is the East , traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world , in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and referring to the same area as, the continent of Asia, divided into the Far East , Middle East , and Near East . Despite this Eurocentric origin, these regions are still located to

96-443: A type of atmospheric trough All pages with titles beginning with Easterly All pages with titles containing Easterly All pages with titles containing easterlies Easter (disambiguation) East (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Easterly . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

120-403: A very small portion of the Sun's rays illuminate the sky and the fainter stars begin to disappear. Astronomical dawn is often indistinguishable from night, especially in areas with light pollution . Astronomical dawn marks the beginning of astronomical twilight, which lasts until nautical dawn. Nautical twilight begins when there is enough light for sailors to distinguish the horizon at sea, but

144-398: Is Lithuanian Aušrinė , and possibly a Germanic *Austrōn- (whence the term Easter ). In Sioux mythology , Anpao is an entity with two faces. The Hindu dawn deity Ushas is female, whereas Surya , the Sun, and Aruṇa , the Sun's charioteer, are male. Ushas is one of the most prominent Rigvedic deities . The time of dawn is also referred to as the brahmamuhurta ( Brahma

168-422: Is called Sahar ( سحر ) or True Morning ( Subhe-Sadeq , Persian صبح صادق ), and it is the time of first prayer of the day, and the beginning of the daily fast during Ramadan . Many Indo-European mythologies have a dawn goddess , separate from the male Solar deity , her name deriving from PIE *h 2 ausos- , derivations of which include Greek Eos , Roman Aurora and Indian Ushas . Also related

192-421: Is divided in three phases, which are determined by the angular distance of the centre of the Sun ( degrees below the horizon) in the morning . These are astronomical, nautical and civil twilight. Astronomical dawn begins when the center of the Sun is 18 degrees below the horizon in the morning. Astronomical twilight follows instantly until the center of the Sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. At this point,

216-466: Is the god of creation and muhurta is a Hindu time of the day), and is considered an ideal time to perform spiritual activities, including meditation and yoga . In some parts of India , both Usha and Pratyusha (dusk) are worshipped along with the Sun during the festival of Chhath . Jesus in the Bible is often symbolized by dawn in the morning, also when Jesus rose on the third day it happened during

240-539: The Sun 's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizon . This morning twilight period will last until sunrise (when the Sun's upper limb breaks the horizon), when direct sunlight outshines the diffused light . "Dawn" derives from the Old English verb dagian , "to become day". Dawn begins with the first sight of lightness in the morning, and continues until the Sun breaks the horizon. The morning twilight

264-474: The right-hand side of a map is east. This convention has developed from the use of a compass, which places north at the top. However, on maps of planets such as Venus and Uranus which rotate retrograde , the left hand side is east. To go east using a compass for navigation , one sets a bearing or azimuth of 90°. East is the direction toward which the Earth rotates about its axis , and therefore

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288-435: The "darkness of the night" varies greatly at these latitudes. At latitudes higher than about 60°34′, summer nights get no darker than civil twilight. This period of "bright nights" is longer at higher latitudes. Around the summer solstice , Glasgow, Scotland at 55°51′ N, and Copenhagen, Denmark at 55°40′ N, get a few hours of "night feeling". Oslo, Norway at 59°56′ N, and Stockholm, Sweden at 59°19′ N, seem very bright when

312-439: The Sun is below the horizon. When the Sun gets 9.0 to 9.5 degrees below the horizon (at summer solstice this is at latitudes 57°30′–57°00′), the zenith gets dark even on cloud-free nights (if there is no full moon), and the brightest stars are clearly visible in a large majority of the sky. In Islam , Zodiacal Light (or "false dawn") is referred to as False Morning ( Subhe-Kazeb , Persian صبح کاذب ) and Astronomical dawn

336-536: The east of the Geographical centre of Earth . Within an individual city within the Northern Hemisphere , the east end is typically poorer because the prevailing winds blow from the west. Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise . It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere , when the centre of

360-425: The equinoxes and longest on the solstices . Daytime becomes longer as the summer solstice approaches, while nighttime gets longer as the winter solstice approaches. This can have a potential impact on the times and durations of dawn and dusk. This effect is more pronounced closer to the poles, where the Sun rises at the vernal equinox and sets at the autumn equinox, with a long period of twilight, lasting for

384-518: The general direction from which the Sun appears to rise. The practice of praying towards the East is older than Christianity , but has been adopted by this religion as the Orient was thought of as containing mankind's original home. Hence, Christian churches have been traditionally oriented towards the east. After some early exceptions, this tradition of having the altar on the liturgical east has become

408-452: The horizon in the morning. When the sky is clear, it is blue colored, and if there are clouds or haze, bronze, orange and yellow colors are seen. Some bright stars and planets such as Venus and Jupiter are still visible to the naked eye at civil dawn. This moment marks the start of civil twilight, which lasts until sunrise . The duration of the morning twilight (i.e. between astronomical dawn and sunrise ) varies greatly depending on

432-431: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Easterly&oldid=1113976865 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages East As in other languages,

456-608: The morning. Prime is the fixed time of prayer of the traditional Divine Office (Canonical Hours) in Christian liturgy , said at the first hour of daylight. Associated with Jesus, in Christianity, Christian burials take place in the direction of dawn. In Judaism , the question of how to calculate dawn ( Hebrew Alos/Alot HaShachar, or Alos/Alot) is posed by the Talmud , as it has many ramifications for Jewish law (such as

480-461: The observer's latitude : from a little over 70 minutes at the Equator , to many hours in the polar regions . The period of twilight is shortest at the Equator , where the equinox Sun rises due east and sets due west, at a right angle to the horizon. Each stage of twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical) lasts only 24 minutes. From anywhere on Earth, the twilight period is shortest around

504-575: The possible start time for certain daytime commandments, like prayer). The simple reading of the Talmud is that dawn takes place 72 minutes before sunrise. Others, including the Vilna Gaon , have the understanding that the Talmud's timeframe for dawn was referring specifically to an equinox day in Mesopotamia , and is therefore teaching that dawn should be calculated daily as commencing when the Sun

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528-415: The same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. Ēostre , a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both dawn and the cardinal points. East is sometimes abbreviated as E . By convention ,

552-416: The sky is still too dark to perform outdoor activities. It begins when the center of the Sun is 12 degrees below the horizon in the morning. Nautical dawn marks the start of nautical twilight, which lasts until civil dawn. Civil dawn begins when there is enough light for most objects to be distinguishable, so that some outdoor activities can commence. It occurs when the center of the Sun is 6 degrees below

576-501: The word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: east comes from Middle English est , from Old English ēast , which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic * aus-to- or * austra- "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or " dawn ", cognate with Old High German *ōstar "to the east", Latin aurora 'dawn', and Greek ἠώς ēōs 'dawn, east'. Examples of

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