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# SunEvents

An enumeration that represents dates of solar events, including sunrise, sunset, dawn, and dusk.

```
struct SunEvents
```

## Topics

### Getting the sun events

[`astronomicalDawn`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/astronomicalDawn)

The time of astronomical sunrise when the sun’s center is 18° below the horizon.

[`astronomicalDusk`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/astronomicalDusk)

The time of astronomical sunset, when the sun’s center is 18° below the horizon.

[`civilDawn`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/civilDawn)

The time of civil sunrise when the sun’s center is 6° below the horizon.

[`civilDusk`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/civilDusk)

The time of civil sunset, when the sun’s center is 6° below the horizon.

[`nauticalDawn`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/nauticalDawn)

The time of nautical sunrise when the sun’s center is 12° below the horizon.

[`nauticalDusk`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/nauticalDusk)

The time of nautical sunset, when the sun’s center is 12° below the horizon.

[`solarMidnight`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/solarMidnight)

Represents solar midnight, the time when the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky.

[`solarNoon`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/solarNoon)

Represents solar noon, the time when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.

[`sunrise`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/sunrise)

The sunrise time immediately before the solar transit closest to calendar noon.

[`sunset`](/documentation/WeatherKit/SunEvents/sunset)

The sunset time immediately after the solar transit closest to calendar noon.


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