Nightfall or night fall may refer to:

Time of day

Sunset Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spring ...

or sundown, the daily disappearance of the Sun below the western half of the horizon *

Twilight Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this il ...

, the period during which the Sun is at most 18° below the horizon and when the sky is illuminated by indirect sunlight scattered in the upper atmosphere *

Nautical dusk Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before nightfall.''The Random House College Dictionary'', "dusk". At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enou ...

, the last stage of twilight in the evening before night

Film

* ''Nightfall'' (1956 film), an American film noir by Jacques Tourneur * ''Nightfall'' (1988 film), a film starring David Birney * ''Nightfall'' (1999 film), a film starring

Jeff Rector Jeff Rector (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor. He has appeared in over 60 feature films and television programs. On 28 April 2012 he hosted the launch party of the Burbank International Film Festival. He has an identical twin brot ...

* ''Nightfall'' (1999 German film), a film by

Fred Kelemen Fred Kelemen (born 1964, in Berlin) is a Hungarian-German film and theater director, cinematographer and writer. The late Susan Sontag helped to promote Kelemen's work in the mid-1990s, comparing it to the likes of Alexander Sokurov, Béla Tarr ...

* ''Nightfall'' (2000 film), a film starring Ashish Vidyarthi * ''Nightfall'' (2012 film), a Hong Kong crime thriller by Chow Hin-yeung

Gaming

* ''Nightfall'' (video game), the first real-time 3D adventure game, released in 1998 * Nightfall Games, a UK role-playing game publishing company * ''

Guild Wars Nightfall ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006 af ...

'', a 2006 computer game in the ''Guild Wars'' series * ''Nightfall'', a deck-building card game by

Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game, board game, and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their cur ...

* '' Nightfall: Escape'', a first-person survival horror game by Zeenoh, released in 2016

Literature

Stories and novels

* "Nightfall" (Asimov novelette and novel), a 1941 science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, and a 1990 adapted novel by Asimov and Robert Silverberg ** ''

Nightfall and Other Stories ''Nightfall and Other Stories'' (1969) is a collection of 20 previously published science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov. Asimov added a brief introduction to each story, explaining some aspect of the story's history and/or how it came t ...

'', a 1969 collection of short stories by Asimov * ''Night Fall'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Nelson DeMille * ''Nightfall'', a novel by

Will Elliott Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian horror fiction, horror and fantasy literature, fantasy writer living in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland. He currently tutors at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Profile Elliott dropped ...

* ''Nightfall'', a 1947 novel by

David Goodis David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) was an American writer of crime fiction noted for his output of short stories and novels in the noir fiction genre. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York Cit ...

* ''Nightfall'', a two-novel fantasy series by

Mickey Zucker Reichert Mickey Zucker Reichert (born as Miriam Susan Zucker in 1962) is an American fantasy fiction author of several best selling novels. Personal life Reichert is a pediatrician, and holds a Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.). She is from a town in Iowa. ...

* ''The Return: Nightfall'', a 2009 novel by

L. J. Smith John Smith III (born May 13, 1980), commonly known as L. J., which stands for "Little John", is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2003 ...

* "Nightfall", a 1947 short story by Arthur C. Clarke included in ''

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke ''The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke'', first published in 2001, is a collection of almost all science fiction short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke. It includes 114 stories, arranged in order of publication, from " Travel by Wire ...

'' (2001) * "Nightfall", a 2003 short story incorporated into the 2005 Manfred Macx novel ''

Accelerando ''Accelerando'' is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross. As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC ...

'' by Charles Stross

Comics

* Nightfall (comics), a DC Comics supervillain * '' Nightfall: The Black Chronicles'', a 1999–2000 comic book mini-series published by Wildstorm/Homage Comics * ''Nightfall'', a graphic novel by Scott O. Brown

Music

Nightfall (band) Nightfall is a Greek extreme metal band from Athens. Formed by vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas in 1991, the group is currently signed to Season of Mist. They are widely considered the forerunners to a "mediterranean way to black metal" tog ...

, a Greek heavy metal band * ''Nightfall'' (Candlemass album), 1987 * ''Nightfall'' (Louis Hayes album), 1991 * ''Nightfall'' (Charlie Haden album), 2004 * ''Nightfall'' (Little Big Town album), 2020 * "Nightfall", a song by Amorphis from ''

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'' * "Nightfall", a song by Blind Guardian from ''

Nightfall in Middle-Earth ''Nightfall in Middle-Earth'' is the sixth studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was released on 28 April 1998 through Virgin Records. It is a concept album based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Silmarillion'', a book of tales ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by Stratovarius from '' Fourth Dimension'' * "Nightfall", a song by Xandria from '' Sacrificium'' * "Nightfall" (Interlude), a song by Tinashe from ''

Aquarius Aquarius may refer to: Astrology * Aquarius (astrology), an astrological sign * Age of Aquarius, a time period in the cycle of astrological ages Astronomy * Aquarius (constellation) * Aquarius in Chinese astronomy Arts and entertainme ...

'' * " Nightfalls", a song by Keith Urban

Radio and television

* ''Nightfall'' (radio series), a 1980–1983 Canadian supernatural/horror series * "Night Fall" (''Yin-Yang-Yo!''), an episode of the TV series ''Yin-Yang-Yo!'' * "Nightfall", an episode of the radio program ''Dimension X'', based on the Isaac Asimov story (see above) * Operation Nightfall, a fictional operation in the first season of the TV series ''24'' * Halo: Nightfall, a 2014 series set in the Halo universe

Other

* Nightfall meteorite, the colloquial name for the

El Ali meteorite The El Ali meteorite (also known as Nightfall) is a 15.2 ton (16,800 kg) meteorite that was known to the local population in Somalia for generations, but first scientifically identified in 2020. Discovery and identification El Ali was found in ...

Nocturnal emission A nocturnal emission, informally known as a wet dream, sex dream, nightfall or sleep orgasm, is a spontaneous orgasm during sleep that includes ejaculation for a male, or vaginal wetness or an orgasm (or both) for a female. Nocturnal emissions ...

, a spontaneous orgasm during sleep that includes ejaculation for a male, or vaginal wetness or an orgasm (or both) for a female.