morning sun
Early daylight source
The morning sun is sunlight during the early part of the day, typically characterized by its softer, warmer quality and lower angle.
Gardeners speak of plants that prefer morning sun, meaning direct light before midday's intensity.
The phrase often carries connotations of freshness or new beginnings: She sat on the porch with her coffee, enjoying the morning sun.
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
- crack of dawnEarliest morning light
- dawnDay's first glow
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
rays · warmth · dew · birdsong · awakening · east · horizon · glow · early · early riser · fresh · rooster · rise and shine · coffee · mist · amber · breakfast · yawn
- sunsol, solar, sunspots, solar flares, solar radiation
- dawn weathersunrise, dawn, daybreak, first light, dawn light
- light conditionspartial shade, dappled light, indirect light, shade, deep shade
- morningsunrise, daybreak, dawn, first light, sunup
- terroirsoil, climate, microclimate, slope, aspect
- wake-up devicesalarm clock, clock radio, travel alarm, smart alarm, phone alarm
morning sunsetting sun
Star descending below horizon
sunset · afternoon sun · dusk · sundown · eventide
morning sunfading light
Diminishing illumination
afterglow · golden hour · last light · gloaming · evening glow
morning, sun, morn, mornings, morrow, suns, sunny, sunned, sunning