Astro*Dictionary
by Michael Erlewine

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"Set / Setting"

An astronomical position where a Body is conjunctthe Horizon in the West.

 

See also: ♦ Cosmical ♦ Ortive Difference

Opposite of rising. Moment when the upper limb of a body, affected by refraction and parallax, disappears beneath the Western Horizon.

 

See also: ♦ Geocentric Parallax ♦ Rising ♦ Limb ♦ Refraction ♦ Rise/set/transit