I love the late afternoon sun, it is so much nicer than the midday sun. The phrase “late afternoon” is often used when talking about an approximate time and is especially used when organizing meetings. If you are organizing a meeting at work then 5pm probably means “late afternoon” but if you are organizing a social gathering then 5pm probably means “early evening”. As you can see, 5pm could possibly be late afternoon or early evening. “Early Evening” is a non-specific time usually between 5pm and 7pm. The “evening” usually begins at 5pm but there is no definitive time and people can feel like the evening starts earlier in winter as it gets darker earlier. There is some crossover between “late afternoon” and “early evening”. “Late afternoon” is often used to describe a non-specific time that is after 3 o’clock and before the end of the work day. In many offices people want to arrange a meeting and they want to give an approximate time but they will leave the specific time for the other person to decide. Early afternoon is from approximately 12pm-3pm and late afternoon is from 3pm-6pm. There is however a time when afternoon starts and that is after 12pm(midday). People often feel that the evening starts when the sun goes down and that depends on where you are in the world and the time of year. It is important to note that there is no definitive time that the “afternoon” ends and the evening starts. People often use “late afternoon” when they want to arrange a meeting but don’t want to be specific about the time as they might have plenty of availability in their agenda. Late afternoon is a non-specific time that means between 3pm and 6pm.

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