Nightfall or night fall may refer to:

Time of day

Sunset Sunset (or sundown) is the disappearance of the Sun at the end of the Sun path, below the horizon of the Earth (or any other astronomical object in the Solar System) due to its Earth's rotation, rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth, it ...

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

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

, 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, 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) is an American actor. He has appeared in over 150 feature films and television programs. On 28 April 2012 he hosted the launch party of the Burbank International Film Festival. Movies *'' Dangerous Snowday'' ( ...

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

Fred Kelemen Fred Kelemen (born in 6 January 1964 in West 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 Sok ...

* ''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 Nightfall Games is a United Kingdom based role-playing game publishing company notable for publishing '' SLA Industries'' and The Terminator RPG. History Nightfall Games was founded by Dave Allsop, Anne Boylan and Jared Earle in April 1993 in ...

, 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, h ...

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

Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) is a publisher of family board game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993. Blackburn left the company in 1995 and the majority of the company is now owned by President & CEO John Zinser. The comp ...

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

Maxis South Cinematronics, LLC, later known as Maxis South, was an American developer of computer games for the PC and Mac, based in Texas and founded in 1994 by David Stafford, Mike Sandige and Kevin Gliner. They developed ''Tritryst'' for Virgin Interactiv ...

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 to ...

'', 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 and fantasy writer living in Brisbane, Queensland. He currently tutors at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Profile Elliott dropped out of a law degree at the age of 20 when he developed s ...

* ''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 City ...

* ''Nightfall'', a 2017 fantasy book in the ''

Keeper of the Lost Cities ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' is an upper- middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for a total of ten weeks. Plot summary The protagonist of the series, Sophie, is a twel ...

'' series by Shannon Messenger * ''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 an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutger ...

* "Nightfall" (Clarke story), or "The Curse", a 1947 short story by Arthur C. Clarke * "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) The Cadre is a DC Comics supervillain group, except for members of the Cadre of the Immortal, most of whom were redeemed and became heroes by story's end. Publication history The Cadre first appeared in ''Justice League of America'' #235 (Februar ...

, 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/keyboardist 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 m ...

, 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 the German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was released on 28 April 1998 through Virgin Records. It is a concept album based on J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Silmarillion'', a book of ta ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by Circle of Dust from ''

Circle of Dust Circle of Dust is an industrial music project from New York City created by Klayton, who later became known as Celldweller. The project was active as a band from 1988 to 1998 and then re-started in 2015 after Klayton gained back ownership of his ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by The Devil Wears Prada from '' ZII'' * "Nightfall", a song by the Incredible String Band from ''

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter ''The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'' is the third album by Scottish psychedelic folk group the Incredible String Band (ISB), and was released in March 1968 on Elektra Records (''see'' 1968 in music). It saw the band continuing its development o ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by Norther from ''

Death Unlimited Death Unlimited (with Faux Cyrillic and Capitals: DEДTH UИLІMITED) is the third full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. It was released on 3 March 2004 through Spinefarm Records. The Japanese release of ''Death ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by Stratovarius from '' Fourth Dimension'' * "Nightfall", a song by Warkings from ''

Armageddon Armageddon ( ; ; ; from ) is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, according to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Armageddon is variously interpreted as either a literal or a ...

'' * "Nightfall", a song by Xandria from ''

Sacrificium Sacrificium is a Christian death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 1993. The band made its breakthrough in the metal scene with its 2002 album ''Cold Black Piece of Flesh''. The second album ''Escaping the Stupor'' was released on Bla ...

'' * "Nightfall" (Interlude), a song by Tinashe from '' Aquarius'' * " 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 *

Nocturnal emission A wet dream, sex dream, or sleep orgasm, is a spontaneous occurrence of sexual arousal during sleep that includes ejaculation (nocturnal emission) and orgasm for a male, and vaginal lubrication and/or orgasm for a female. Context Nocturnal e ...

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