Editing Evening (section)

== Astronomy ==
Despite the less favorable lighting conditions for [[optical astronomy]], evening can be useful for observing objects [[orbit]]ing close to the Sun. Evening (and morning) serves as the optimum time for viewing the [[Inferior and superior planets|inferior planets]] [[Venus]] and [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite book
 | chapter=Recording Mercury and Venus
 | first=Peter | last=Grego | year=2008
 | title=Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them
 | pages=177–206 | series=Astronomers’ Observing Guides
 | publisher=Springer | location=New York, NY.
 | doi=10.1007/978-0-387-74286-1_5
| isbn=978-0-387-74285-4 }}</ref> It is a popular time to hunt for [[comet]]s, as their [[comet tail|tails]] grow more prominent as these objects draw closer to the Sun.<ref>{{cite conference
 | title=Search Programs for Comets
 | last=Marsden | first=B. G.
 | conference=Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993: Proceedings of the 160th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Belgirate, Italy, June 14-18, 1993. International Astronomical Union. Symposium no. 160
 | editor1-first=Andrea | editor1-last=Milani
 | editor2-first=Michel | editor2-last=Di Martino
 | editor3-first=A. | editor3-last=Cellino
 | location=Dordrecht | publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers
 | page=1 | year=1994 | bibcode=1994IAUS..160....1M
}}</ref> The evening (and morning) twilight is used to search for [[near-Earth asteroid]]s that orbit inside the orbit of the Earth.<ref>{{cite journal
 | title=A Twilight Search for Atiras, Vatiras, and Co-orbital Asteroids: Preliminary Results
 | last1=Ye | first1=Quanzhi | last2=Masci | first2=Frank J.
 | last3=Ip | first3=Wing-Huen | last4=Prince | first4=Thomas A.
 | last5=Helou | first5=George | last6=Farnocchia | first6=Davide
 | last7=Bellm | first7=Eric | last8=Dekany | first8=Richard
 | last9=Graham | first9=Matthew J. | last10=Kulkarni | first10=Shrinivas R.
 | last11=Kupfer | first11=Thomas | last12=Mahabal | first12=Ashish
 | last13=Ngeow | first13=Chow-Choong | last14=Reiley | first14=Daniel J.
 | last15=Soumagnac | first15=Maayane T. | display-authors=1 
 | journal=The Astronomical Journal
 | volume=159 | issue=2 | id=70
 | date=February 2020 | page=70 | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/ab629c
 | arxiv=1912.06109 | bibcode=2020AJ....159...70Y
| doi-access=free }}</ref> In [[mid-latitudes]], spring evenings around the time of the [[equinox]]―that is, [[March equinox|the March one]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] and the [[September equinox]] to the [[southern hemisphere|south of the equator]]―are favorable for viewing the [[zodiacal light]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Byrd |first1=Deborah |last2=McClure |first2=Bruce |title=Zodiacal light: All you need to know |url=https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-zodiacal-light-or-false-dawn/ |website=EarthSky |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320033630/https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-zodiacal-light-or-false-dawn/ |archive-date=20 March 2023 |date=27 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Zodiacal Light: The Definitive Photography Guide
 | first=Antoni
 | last=Cladera
 | website=photopills.com
 | url=https://www.photopills.com/articles/zodiacal-light-photography-guide
 | access-date=2023-03-14
 | archive-date=2023-03-11
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311235641/https://www.photopills.com/articles/zodiacal-light-photography-guide
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>