Sunset

Also called sunset icon, dusk, sundown

A time-of-day mark on a weather app, not a WWIS sky code.

Sunset meaning

A sunset icon means the time the sun is expected to go down. It is not a clear-night forecast and not a WWIS weather code.

At a glance

System: Consumer-app example
Used for: The expected time of sunset
Not the same as: Clear night, or sunrise

A weather-app mark for the time the sun is expected to set. Not a sky condition.

The name. Sunset is the evening clock. It is not a forecast of color, and not a clear-night icon.

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Where it comes from

Apple lists sunset with sunrise in its weather-icon guide. The WWIS condition table does not treat sunset as a sky type next to overcast or rain. After sunset, a service may switch the sky icons to their night drawings. That switch is about local time. It is not the sunset icon itself. Clear night is the night sky. Sunset is the moment.

The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.

Weather

What it means

Read the time. The sky at that time is whatever the sky icon says. A painted orange horizon on a vendor’s art is atmosphere, not a meteorological element. This cabinet’s drawing is a disk on a line so the page has a mark. It is not a claim that every app draws an evening differently from a morning.

Questions

What does the sunset icon mean?

It gives the time of sunset. Apple lists it as a weather-app icon. It does not describe cloud, rain, or a clear night.

Is sunset a WMO symbol?

Not in the WWIS icon table used here. It is a consumer clock mark. Night condition icons are a different system.

Often confusedClear nightClear night is the sky after dark. Sunset is only the clock that ends the day.

Often confusedSunriseThe other horizon time. Do not swap them because the drawings are cousins.

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Sources

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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.