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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" >Night</h1>
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:292px;"><a href="/wiki/File:View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg/290px-View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="163" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg/435px-View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg/580px-View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1836" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:View_across_the_bay_of_Naples_at_night.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>View across a <a href="/wiki/Dock_(maritime)" title="Dock (maritime)">dock</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Naples" title="Gulf of Naples">Gulf of Naples</a> at night</div></div></div>
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<p><b>Night</b> or <b>nighttime</b> (also spelled <b>night-time</b> or <b>night time</b>) is the period of ambient <a href="/wiki/Darkness" title="Darkness">darkness</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">sunset</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sunrise" title="Sunrise">sunrise</a> during each 24-hour day,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> when the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> is below the <a href="/wiki/Horizon" title="Horizon">horizon</a>. The exact time when night begins and ends (equally true with <a href="/wiki/Evening" title="Evening">evening</a>) depends on the location and varies throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> When night is considered as a period that follows <a href="/wiki/Evening" title="Evening">evening</a>, it is usually considered to start around 8 pm and to last to about 4 am.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Night ends with coming of <a href="/wiki/Morning" title="Morning">morning</a> at sunrise.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>The word can be used in a different sense as the time between bedtime and <a href="/wiki/Morning" title="Morning">morning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> In common communication, the word <i>night</i> is used as a farewell ("good night") and sometimes shortened to "night", mainly when someone is going to sleep or leaving.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> For example: "It was nice to see you. Good night!"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Unlike "good <a href="/wiki/Morning" title="Morning">morning</a>", "good <a href="/wiki/Afternoon" title="Afternoon">afternoon</a>", and "good <a href="/wiki/Evening" title="Evening">evening</a>", "good night" (or "goodnight") is not used as a <a href="/wiki/Greeting" title="Greeting">greeting</a>.
</p><p><b>Complete darkness</b> or <b>astronomical night</b> is the period between astronomical <a href="/wiki/Dusk" title="Dusk">dusk</a> and astronomical <a href="/wiki/Dawn" title="Dawn">dawn</a> when the Sun is between 18 and 90 degrees below the horizon and does not illuminate the sky. As seen from <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitudes</a> between about 48.56° and 65.73° north or south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>, complete darkness does not occur around the <a href="/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice">summer solstice</a> because, although the Sun sets, it is never more than 18° below the horizon at lower <a href="/wiki/Culmination" title="Culmination">culmination</a>, -90° sun a angles occur at <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a> on <a href="/wiki/December_Solstice" class="mw-redirect" title="December Solstice">December Solstice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn" title="Tropic of Capricorn">Tropic of Capricorn</a> on <a href="/wiki/June_Solstice" class="mw-redirect" title="June Solstice">June Solstice</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a> on <a href="/wiki/Equinoxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Equinoxes">equinoxes</a>.
</p><p>The opposite of night is <a href="/wiki/Day" title="Day">day</a> (or "<a href="/wiki/Daytime" title="Daytime">daytime</a>", to distinguish it from "day" referring to a 24-hour period). The start and end points of time for a night vary, based on factors such as <a href="/wiki/Season" title="Season">season</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>. <a href="/wiki/Twilight" title="Twilight">Twilight</a> is the period of night after sunset or before sunrise when the Sun still illuminates the sky when it is below the horizon. At any given time, one side of <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> is bathed in <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">sunlight</a> (the daytime) while the other side is in <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_shadow" title="Earth's shadow">the shadow</a> caused by Earth blocking the sunlight. The central part of the shadow is called the <a href="/wiki/Umbra" class="mw-redirect" title="Umbra">umbra</a>.
</p><p>Natural illumination at night is still provided by a combination of <a href="/wiki/Moonlight" title="Moonlight">moonlight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Planetshine" title="Planetshine">planetary light</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starlight" title="Starlight">starlight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zodiacal_light" title="Zodiacal light">zodiacal light</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gegenschein" title="Gegenschein">gegenschein</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Airglow" title="Airglow">airglow</a>. In some circumstances, <a href="/wiki/Aurora" title="Aurora">aurorae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bioluminescence" title="Bioluminescence">bioluminescence</a> can provide some illumination. The <a href="/wiki/Skyglow" title="Skyglow">glow</a> provided by artificial lighting is sometimes referred to as <a href="/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a> because it can interfere with <a href="/wiki/Observational_astronomy" title="Observational astronomy">observational astronomy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystems</a>.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Duration_and_geography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Duration and geography</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#On_other_celestial_bodies"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">On other celestial bodies</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Duration_and_geography">Duration and geography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Night&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Duration and geography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<p>On Earth, an average night lasts shorter than <a href="/wiki/Daytime" title="Daytime">daytime</a> due to two factors. Firstly, the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>'s apparent disk is not a point, but has an <a href="/wiki/Angular_diameter" title="Angular diameter">angular diameter</a> of about 32 <a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc" title="Minute and second of arc">arcminutes</a> (32'). Secondly, the <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction" title="Atmospheric refraction">atmosphere refracts</a> sunlight so that some of it reaches the ground when the Sun is below the horizon by about 34'. The combination of these two factors means that light reaches the ground when the center of the solar disk is below the <a href="/wiki/Horizon" title="Horizon">horizon</a> by about 50'. Without these effects, daytime and night would be the same length on both <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">equinoxes</a>, the moments when the Sun appears to contact the <a href="/wiki/Celestial_equator" title="Celestial equator">celestial equator</a>. On the equinoxes, daytime actually lasts almost 14 minutes longer than night does at the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>, and even longer towards the <a href="/wiki/Geographical_pole" title="Geographical pole">poles</a>.
</p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice">summer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter</a> <a href="/wiki/Solstice" title="Solstice">solstices</a> mark the shortest and longest nights, respectively. The closer a location is to either the <a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a> or the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>, the wider the range of variation in the night's duration. Although daytime and night nearly equalize in length on the equinoxes, the ratio of night to day changes more rapidly at <a href="/wiki/High_latitude" class="mw-redirect" title="High latitude">high latitudes</a> than at <a href="/wiki/Low_latitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Low latitude">low latitudes</a> before and after an equinox. In the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> experiences shorter nights in June than <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> sees longer nights in June than <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>. Both hemispheres experience the same patterns of night length at the same latitudes, but the cycles are 6 months apart so that one hemisphere experiences long nights (<a href="/wiki/Winter" title="Winter">winter</a>) while the other is experiencing short nights (<a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summer</a>).
</p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Polar_regions_of_Earth" title="Polar regions of Earth">the region</a> within either <a href="/wiki/Polar_circle" title="Polar circle">polar circle</a>, the variation in daylight hours is so extreme that part of summer sees a period <a href="/wiki/Midnight_sun" title="Midnight sun">without night</a> intervening between consecutive days, while part of winter sees a period <a href="/wiki/Polar_night" title="Polar night">without daytime</a> intervening between consecutive nights.
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/220px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/330px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg/440px-Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="977" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Nicolai_Arbo_-_Natten_-_Nasjonalmuseet_-_NG.M.03666.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3tt" title="Nótt">Nótt</a>, the personification of night in <a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse mythology</a>, rides her horse in this 19th-century painting by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Nicolai_Arbo" title="Peter Nicolai Arbo">Peter Nicolai Arbo</a>.</div></div></div>
<p>The phenomenon of day and night is due to the rotation of a <a href="/wiki/Celestial_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Celestial body">celestial body</a> about its axis, creating an illusion of the sun rising and setting. Different bodies spin at very different rates, however. Some may spin much faster than <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, while others spin extremely slowly, leading to very long days and nights. The planet <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> rotates once every 224.7 days – by far the slowest rotation period of any of the major planets. In contrast, the gas giant <a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sidereal_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidereal day">sidereal day</a> is only 9 hours and 56 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> However, it is not just the sidereal rotation period which determines the length of a planet's day-night cycle but the length of its orbital period as well - Venus has a rotation period of 224.7 days, but a day-night cycle just 116.75 days long due to its <a href="/wiki/Retrograde_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Retrograde motion">retrograde</a> rotation and orbital motion around the Sun. Mercury has the longest day-night cycle as a result of its 3:2 resonance between its orbital period and rotation period - this resonance gives it a day-night cycle that is 176 days long. A planet may experience large temperature variations between day and night, such as <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a>, the planet closest to the sun. This is one consideration in terms of <a href="/wiki/Planetary_habitability" title="Planetary habitability">planetary habitability</a> or the possibility of <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">extraterrestrial life</a>.
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<p>The disappearance of sunlight, the primary <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a> source for <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> on Earth, has dramatic effects on the <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">morphology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physiology" title="Physiology">physiology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Behavior" title="Behavior">behavior</a> of almost every organism. Some animals <a href="/wiki/Sleep" title="Sleep">sleep</a> during the night, while other <a href="/wiki/Nocturnal_animals" class="mw-redirect" title="Nocturnal animals">nocturnal animals</a> including <a href="/wiki/Moth" title="Moth">moths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cricket_(insect)" title="Cricket (insect)">crickets</a> are active during this time. The effects of day and night are not seen in the <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animal kingdom</a> alone; <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a> have also evolved adaptations to cope best with the lack of sunlight during this time. For example, <a href="/wiki/Crassulacean_acid_metabolism" title="Crassulacean acid metabolism">crassulacean acid metabolism</a> is a unique type of <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fixation" title="Carbon fixation">carbon fixation</a> which allows <a href="/wiki/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis">photosynthetic</a> plants to store <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> in their tissues as <a href="/wiki/Organic_acid" title="Organic acid">organic acids</a> during the night, which can then be used during the day to synthesize <a href="/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate">carbohydrates</a>. This allows them to keep their <a href="/wiki/Stoma" title="Stoma">stomata</a> closed during the daytime, preventing <a href="/wiki/Transpiration" title="Transpiration">transpiration</a> of precious <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a>.
</p><p>As artificial <a href="/wiki/Lighting" title="Lighting">lighting</a> has improved, especially after the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, night time activity has increased and become a significant part of the <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a> in most places. Many establishments, such as <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">bars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Convenience_store" title="Convenience store">convenience stores</a>, fast-food restaurants, <a href="/wiki/Filling_station" title="Filling station">gas stations</a>, distribution facilities, and <a href="/wiki/Police_station" title="Police station">police stations</a> now operate 24 hours a day or stay open as late as 1 or 2 a.m. Even without artificial light, <a href="/wiki/Moonlight" title="Moonlight">moonlight</a> sometimes makes it possible to travel or work outdoors at night.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cultural_aspects">Cultural aspects</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Night&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cultural aspects">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Night is often associated with danger and evil, because of the psychological connection of night's all-encompassing darkness to the <a href="/wiki/Fear" title="Fear">fear</a> of the unknown and darkness's obstruction of a major sensory system (the sense of <a href="/wiki/Visual_perception" title="Visual perception">sight</a>). Nighttime is naturally associated with vulnerability and danger for human physical survival. Criminals, animals, and other potential dangers can be concealed by darkness. <a href="/wiki/Midnight" title="Midnight">Midnight</a> has a particular importance in human imagination and culture.
</p><p>The belief in <a href="/wiki/Magic_(supernatural)" title="Magic (supernatural)">magic</a> often includes the idea that magic and magicians are more powerful at night. Séances of <a href="/wiki/Spiritualism" title="Spiritualism">spiritualism</a> are usually conducted closer to midnight. Similarly, mythical and folkloric creatures such as <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">werewolves</a> are described as being more active at night. <a href="/wiki/Ghost" title="Ghost">Ghosts</a> are believed to wander around almost exclusively during night-time. In almost all cultures, there exist stories and legends warning of the dangers of night-time. In fact, the <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a> called the darkness of night the 'death mist'.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>
</p><p>In literature, night and the lack of light are often color-associated with blackness which is historically symbolic in many cultures for villainy, non-existence, or a lack of knowledge (with the knowledge usually symbolized by light or illumination).
</p><p>The cultural significance of the night in Islam differs from that in Western culture. The Quran was revealed during the <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Night of Power">Night of Power</a>, the most significant night according to Islam. <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> made his famous journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then to heaven in the night. Another prophet, <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> came to a realization of the supreme being in charge of the universe at night.
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_shadow" title="Earth's shadow">Earth's shadow</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Night_sky" title="Night sky">Night sky</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nightlife" title="Nightlife">Nightlife</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nocturne" title="Nocturne">Nocturne</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox" title="Olbers' paradox">Olbers' paradox</a></li></ul>
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class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A0%DC%A0%DC%9D%DC%90" title="ܠܠܝܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" class="interlanguage-link-target">ܐܪܡܝܐ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noapti" title="Noapti – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" class="interlanguage-link-target">Armãneashti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueche" title="Nueche – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-atj"><a href="https://atj.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_tipiskak" title="E tipiskak – Atikamekw" lang="atj" hreflang="atj" class="interlanguage-link-target">Atikamekw</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruma" title="Aruma – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aymar aru</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gec%C9%99" title="Gecə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4" title="রাত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam" title="Malam – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Banjar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80m-s%C3%AE" title="Àm-sî – Chinese (Min Nan)" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87" title="Ноч – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87" title="Ноч – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="रात – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%89" title="Нощ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="དགོང་མོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" class="interlanguage-link-target">བོད་ཡིག</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C4%87" title="Noć – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noz" title="Noz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nit" title="Nit – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%C3%A7" title="Каç – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" class="interlanguage-link-target">Чӑвашла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noc" title="Noc – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch"><a href="https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puengi" title="Puengi – Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Chamoru</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husiku" title="Husiku – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" class="interlanguage-link-target">ChiShona</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nos" title="Nos – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat" title="Nat – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84" title="ليل – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" class="interlanguage-link-target">الدارجة</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht" title="Nacht – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deitsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht" title="Nacht – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96%C3%B6" title="Öö – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%8D%CF%87%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Νύχτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B4t_(p%C3%AArt_dal_gi%C5%8Dren)" title="Nôt (pêrt dal giōren) – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" class="interlanguage-link-target">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5" title="Ве – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" class="interlanguage-link-target">Эрзянь</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noche" title="Noche – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokto" title="Nokto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gau" title="Gau – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8" title="شب – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuit" title="Nuit – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht" title="Nacht – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C3%ADche" title="Oíche – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oidhche" title="Oidhche – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gàidhlig</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noite" title="Noite – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Бийса – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" class="interlanguage-link-target">ГӀалгӀай</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%A4_(%EC%8B%9C%EA%B0%84)" title="밤 (시간) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Գիշեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="रात – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C4%87" title="Noć – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokto" title="Nokto – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam" title="Malam – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocte" title="Nocte – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingua</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocte" title="Nocte – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingue</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu"><a href="https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%90%85%E1%93%90%E1%93%84%E1%96%85" title="ᐅᓐᓄᖅ – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitut</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notte" title="Notte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94" title="לילה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wengi" title="Wengi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF" title="ರಾತ್ರಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D0%BD" title="Түн – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usiku" title="Usiku – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nwit" title="Nwit – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kreyòl ayisyen</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D0%BD" title="Түн – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nox" title="Nox – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakts" title="Nakts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuecht" title="Nuecht – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naktis" title="Naktis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/But%C3%BA" title="Butú – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lingála</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/nicte" title="nicte – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" class="interlanguage-link-target">La .lojban.</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocc" title="Nocc – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lumbaart</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89jszaka" title="Éjszaka – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%9C" title="Ноќ – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_(fotoana)" title="Alina (fotoana) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF" title="രാത്രി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejl" title="Lejl – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam" title="Malam – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A0ng-bu%C5%8F" title="Màng-buŏ – Min Dong Chinese" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D3%A9%D0%BD%D3%A9" title="Шөнө – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%8A_(%E1%80%A1%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA)" title="ည (အချိန်) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohualli" title="Yohualli – Nāhuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nāhuatl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht" title="Nacht – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80" title="राती – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF" title="बहनि – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाल भाषा</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9C" title="夜 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt" title="Natt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt" title="Natt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyit" title="Nyit – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nouormand</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu%C3%A8it" title="Nuèit – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D3%B1%D0%B4" title="Йӱд – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" class="interlanguage-link-target">Олык марий</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4" title="ਰਾਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="رات – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anochi" title="Anochi – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" class="interlanguage-link-target">Papiamentu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%BE%D9%87" title="شپه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noc" title="Noc – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noite" title="Noite – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noapte" title="Noapte – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuta" title="Tuta – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Ночь – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русиньскый</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C" title="Ночь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BD" title="Түүн – Sakha" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" class="interlanguage-link-target">Саха тыла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9" title="ᱧᱤᱫᱟᱹ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicht" title="Nicht – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nata" title="Nata – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notti" title="Notti – Sicilian" lang="scn" 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