Possible explanations include shifting times for prayers and midday meals, along which one concept of noon was defined-and so afternoon would have referred to a narrower timeframe. However, before a period of transition from the 12th to 14th centuries, noon instead referred to 3:00 pm.
If this definition is adopted, the specific range of time varies in one direction: noon is defined as the time when the sun reaching its highest point in the sky, but the boundary between afternoon and evening has no standard definition. The equivalent of Earth's afternoon on another planet would refer to the time the principal star of that planetary system would be in descent from its prime meridian, as seen from the planet's surface.Īfternoon is often defined as the period between noon and evening. In literal terms, it refers to a time specifically after noon. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and school day. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City during the late afternoonĪfternoon is the time after solar noon.
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