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	[[File:Day Night.gif\|320px\|thumb\|right\|A time-lapse of the daylight cycle]]		[[File:Day Night.gif\|320px\|thumb\|right\|A time-lapse of the daylight cycle]]

	The '''daylight cycle''' is a 20-minute-long cycle between two main [[Minecraft:light]] settings: day and night ~~in Minecraft world~~.		The '''daylight cycle''' is a 20-minute-long cycle in a [[Minecraft:world]] between two main [[Minecraft:light]] settings: day and night.

	== Behavior ==		== Behavior ==

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	[[File:Day Night.gif\|320px\|thumb\|right\|A time-lapse of the daylight cycle]]		[[File:Day Night.gif\|320px\|thumb\|right\|A time-lapse of the daylight cycle]]

	The '''daylight cycle''' is a 20-minute-long cycle between two main [[Minecraft:light]] settings: day and night.		The '''daylight cycle''' is a 20-minute-long cycle between two main [[Minecraft:light]] settings: day and night in Minecraft world.

	== Behavior ==		== Behavior ==

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	[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]		[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]
	[[File:NewStars.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the night, when moon and stars can be seen easily]]		[[File:NewStars.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the night, when moon and stars can be seen easily]]
	{{Redirect\|Night\|night in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds.		{{Redirect\|Night\|night mode in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night Mode}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

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	{{Anchor\|Dawn\|Sunrise}}		{{Anchor\|Dawn\|Sunrise}}


	=== Sunrise/dawn ===		=== Sunrise/dawn ===

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	*The sun and moon are both visible when standing or [[Minecraft:flying]] at a height above the terrain at approximately 1.4× the set render distance.		*The sun and moon are both visible when standing or [[Minecraft:flying]] at a height above the terrain at approximately 1.4× the set render distance.
	*The highest value of time that can be set with the {{cmd\|time set}} command is 2,147,483,647 (2<sup>31</sup>−1; the 32-bit integer limit). This is equivalent to 89478 days and 11647 ticks. A real-time equivalent counting from January 1, 1 [[Wikipedia:Common era\|CE]]<ref group="note">There was no [[Wikipedia:Year zero\|year 0]], the year starts at 1.</ref> would be December 25, 1581 CE at 11:28:58.8 (or January 1, 1582 CE at 17:28:58.8 if leap years are ignored).		*The highest value of time that can be set with the {{cmd\|time set}} command is 2,147,483,647 (2<sup>31</sup>−1; the 32-bit integer limit). This is equivalent to 89478 days and 11647 ticks. A real-time equivalent counting from January 1, 1 [[Wikipedia:Common era\|CE]]<ref group="note">There was no [[Wikipedia:Year zero\|year 0]], the year starts at 1.</ref> would be December 25, 1581 CE at 11:28:58.8 (or January 1, 1582 CE at 17:28:58.8 if leap years are ignored).
	*In ~~[[Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie]]~~, while [[Minecraft:Movie:Steve\|Steve]] was resting in his wool house, his narration describes the day as about "20 minutes".		*In {{AMCM}}, while [[Minecraft:Movie:Steve\|Steve]] was resting in his wool house, his narration describes the day as about "20 minutes".
	*Using NBT editors, the largest time value that can be set is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (2<sup>63</sup>−1; the 64-bit integer limit). After this point, the value overflows to be −2<sup>63</sup>, at which point the morning and evening horizon swap and the daylight cycle progresses backward. Undead mobs burn at night instead at day. At this time, 384,307,168,202,282 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes and 25.2 Minecraft seconds would have elapsed, or 14,613,851,231 real-life years.		*Using NBT editors, the largest time value that can be set is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (2<sup>63</sup>−1; the 64-bit integer limit). After this point, the value overflows to be −2<sup>63</sup>, at which point the morning and evening horizon swap and the daylight cycle progresses backward. Undead mobs burn at night instead at day. At this time, 384,307,168,202,282 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes and 25.2 Minecraft seconds would have elapsed, or 14,613,851,231 real-life years.

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	[[Minecraft:es:Ciclo de día y noche]]		[[Minecraft:es:Ciclo de día y noche]]
	[[Minecraft:fr:Cycle jour-nuit]]		[[Minecraft:fr:Cycle jour-nuit]]
	[[Minecraft:it:Ciclo ~~giorno-notte~~]]		[[Minecraft:it:Ciclo circadiano]]
	[[Minecraft:ja:昼夜サイクル]]		[[Minecraft:ja:昼夜サイクル]]
	[[Minecraft:ko:밤낮의 순환]]		[[Minecraft:ko:밤낮의 순환]]
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	[[Minecraft:ru:Цикл дня и ночи]]		[[Minecraft:ru:Цикл дня и ночи]]
	[[Minecraft:th:วัฏจักรเวลา]]		[[Minecraft:th:วัฏจักรเวลา]]
	[[Minecraft:uk:~~Цикл день/ніч~~]]		[[Minecraft:uk:Добовий цикл]]
	[[Minecraft:zh:昼夜更替]]		[[Minecraft:zh:昼夜更替]]

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	{{Calculator\|tick}}		{{Calculator\|tick}}

	=== ~~Time of day to sky~~ angle ===		=== Sky angle ===
			The sky, including sun, moon, and stars, move faster during noon and midnight and slower during sunrises and sunsets. Given the current time in ticks since dawn as <math>t</math>, the current angle of the sky with 0° being noon can be calculated as:

	~~In ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'', the sun, moon and stars do not move at a linear speed. Given~~ <math>~~x</math>, the number of ticks passed since dawn between 0 and 24000, the sky angle can be calculated as follows:~~		<math>\alpha=\left(1-\cos\left(\pi\mod_1\left(\frac{t-6000}{24000}\right)\right)+\mod_4\left(\frac{t-6000}{6000}\right)\right)\cdot 60\text{°}</math>
	~~<math display~~=~~"block">~~\~~frac{x}{36000}+\frac{~~1~~}{3}~~-\~~frac{2}{3}~~\~~lfloor~~\~~frac{x+6000}{24000}~~\~~rfloor+\frac{~~\left(~~-1\right)^{\lfloor~~\frac{x+6000}{24000}\~~rfloor}}{6}~~\~~cos~~\left(\frac{~~\pi x~~}{~~24000~~}+\~~frac{~~\~~pi}~~{4}~~\right)~~</math>

	[[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]] ~~effects that change with the time of day are calculated through with an offsetted version of the~~ formula ~~above:~~		For [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], this formula is rotated by 180° as 0° is midnight.
	<math display="block">\frac{x}{36000} + \frac{2}{3} - \frac{2}{3}\left\lfloor \frac{x + 18000}{24000} \right\rfloor + \frac{(-1)^{\left\lfloor \frac{x + 18000}{24000} \right\rfloor}}{6} \cos\left(\frac{\pi x}{24000} + \frac{3\pi}{4}\right)</math>

	== 24-hour ''Minecraft'' day ==		== 24-hour ''Minecraft'' day ==

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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
			<gallery>
			Daynight.png\|Day and night before the [[Minecraft:Halloween Update]]
			</gallery>

	=== In other media ===		=== In other media ===
	<gallery>		<gallery>

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	=== Time of day to sky angle ===		=== Time of day to sky angle ===

	In ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'', the sun, moon and stars do not move at a linear speed. Given a number ~~''t''~~ between 0 and ~~1, where 0 is midnight, 0.25 is dawn, 0.5 is midday and 0.75 is dusk~~, the sky angle can be calculated as follows:		In ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'', the sun, moon and stars do not move at a linear speed. Given <math>x</math>, the number of ticks passed since dawn between 0 and 24000, the sky angle can be calculated as follows:
	<math display="block">t+\frac{1}{3}({\frac{1}{2}{cos(t\pi)}+~~0.5-t~~})</math>		<math display="block">\frac{x}{36000}+\frac{1}{3}-\frac{2}{3}\lfloor\frac{x+6000}{24000}\rfloor+\frac{\left(-1\right)^{\lfloor\frac{x+6000}{24000}\rfloor}}{6}\cos\left(\frac{\pi x}{24000}+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)</math>

	[[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]] effects that change with the time of day are calculated through ~~this method~~ with ~~0 corresponding to noon, so~~ +~~0.5 offset.~~		[[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]] effects that change with the time of day are calculated through with an offsetted version of the formula above:
			<math display="block">\frac{x}{36000} + \frac{2}{3} - \frac{2}{3}\left\lfloor \frac{x + 18000}{24000} \right\rfloor + \frac{(-1)^{\left\lfloor \frac{x + 18000}{24000} \right\rfloor}}{6} \cos\left(\frac{\pi x}{24000} + \frac{3\pi}{4}\right)</math>

	== 24-hour ''Minecraft'' day ==		== 24-hour ''Minecraft'' day ==

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	In ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'', the sun, moon and stars do not move at a linear speed. Given a number ''t'' between 0 and 1, where 0 is midnight, 0.25 is dawn, 0.5 is midday and 0.75 is dusk, the sky angle can be calculated as follows:		In ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'', the sun, moon and stars do not move at a linear speed. Given a number ''t'' between 0 and 1, where 0 is midnight, 0.25 is dawn, 0.5 is midday and 0.75 is dusk, the sky angle can be calculated as follows:
	<math display="block">t+\frac{\frac{cos(t~~\times~~\pi)+~~1}{2}~~-t}~~{3}~~</math>		<math display="block">t+\frac{1}{3}({\frac{1}{2}{cos(t\pi)}+0.5-t})</math>

	[[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]] effects that change with the time of day are calculated through this method with 0 corresponding to noon, so +0.5 offset.		[[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]] effects that change with the time of day are calculated through this method with 0 corresponding to noon, so +0.5 offset.

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	{{Anchor\|Night}}		{{Anchor\|Night}}

			=== Nighttime ===
	[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]		[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]
	~~=== Nighttime ===~~		[[File:NewStars.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the night, when moon and stars can be seen easily]]
	{{Redirect\|Night\|night in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds.		{{Redirect\|Night\|night in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

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	Regardless of the low [[Minecraft:internal sky light]] level, crops continue to grow during the night as long as they have sufficient [[Minecraft:client light\|client]]{{Only\|short=1\|Java}} or [[Minecraft:Internal light level\|internal]]{{Only\|short=1\|Bedrock}} light level, and at least one player is not sleeping to avoid skipping the night.<ref group="note">The percentage of players that need to be asleep to skip a night is controlled by the gamerule {{cd\|playersSleepingPercentage}}.</ref>		Regardless of the low [[Minecraft:internal sky light]] level, crops continue to grow during the night as long as they have sufficient [[Minecraft:client light\|client]]{{Only\|short=1\|Java}} or [[Minecraft:Internal light level\|internal]]{{Only\|short=1\|Bedrock}} light level, and at least one player is not sleeping to avoid skipping the night.<ref group="note">The percentage of players that need to be asleep to skip a night is controlled by the gamerule {{cd\|playersSleepingPercentage}}.</ref>

	[[File:Sunrise.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the sun rising in the horizon]]		[[File:Sunrise.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the sun rising in the horizon]]

	{{Anchor\|Dawn\|Sunrise}}		{{Anchor\|Dawn\|Sunrise}}


	=== Sunrise/dawn ===		=== Sunrise/dawn ===
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	Specific times can be set with the {{cmd\|time set}} command.		Specific times can be set with the {{cmd\|time set}} command.

	: Syntax: <code>'''/time''' set <''number''{{!}}day{{!}}noon{{!}}sunset{{!}}night{{!}}midnight{{!}}sunrise></code>		: Syntax:
			<code>'''/time''' set <''number''{{!}}minecraft:day{{!}}minecraft:noon{{!}}minecraft:night{{!}}minecraft:midnight></code>{{only\|java}}
			<br>
			<code>'''/time''' set <''number''{{!}}day{{!}}noon{{!}}sunset{{!}}night{{!}}midnight{{!}}sunrise></code>{{only\|bedrock}}

	Examples:		Examples:

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	[[File:A sunset.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example sunset seen from a high spot on the map]]		[[File:A sunset.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example sunset seen from a high spot on the map]]

	Sunset is the period between daytime and nighttime, and always lasts 50 seconds.		Sunset is the period between daytime and nighttime, and always lasts 50 seconds (1000 ticks).

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	[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]		[[File:TundraNight.png\|300px\|thumb\|A snowy tundra biome during the night; various mobs can be seen]]
	[[File:NewStars.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the night, when moon and stars can be seen easily]]		[[File:NewStars.png\|300px\|thumb\|Example of the night, when moon and stars can be seen easily]]
	{{Redirect\|Night\|night mode in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night Mode}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds.		{{Redirect\|Night\|night mode in ''Minecraft Dungeons''\|MCD:Night Mode}}Nighttime lasts 8 minutes and 20 seconds. (10000 ticks)

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	=== Sunrise/dawn ===		=== Sunrise/dawn ===
	{{Distinguish\|Movie:Dawn Runcie}}		{{Distinguish\|Movie:Dawn Runcie}}
	Sunrise is the period between nighttime and daytime, and is the last part of the daylight cycle. It always lasts 50 seconds.		Sunrise is the period between nighttime and daytime, and is the last part of the daylight cycle. It always lasts 50 seconds (1000 ticks).

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