the horizon
noun
: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky
The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.
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Both the moon and Spica will set a little over two hours after the sun on July 30 for viewers in the U.S, with the binary system growing more conspicuous as our parent star slips farther below the horizon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 July 2025
Moon And Mars About 45 minutes after the sun dips below the horizon, a 19%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will appear in the west just to the left of Mars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Part of the difficulty of seeing the stinger stars is that visibility is greatly hampered close to the horizon because you’re forced to look through a lot more of Earth’s blurring atmosphere.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
On the fourth lies the sea, stretching out to the horizon.
—Cnn’s Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 July 2025
Moon And Mars About 45 minutes after the sun dips below the horizon, a 19%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will appear in the west just to the left of Mars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Part of the difficulty of seeing the stinger stars is that visibility is greatly hampered close to the horizon because you’re forced to look through a lot more of Earth’s blurring atmosphere.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
On the fourth lies the sea, stretching out to the horizon.
—Cnn’s Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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