First Light

First Light may refer to:

Science and technology

 * First light (astronomy), the first observation with a newly commissioned telescope
 * First light (cosmology), the light emitted from the first generation of stars, known as population III stars
 * Nautical dawn, the time before sunrise when the sky begins to brighten
 * First Light Fusion, a company developing a nuclear fusion reactor

Literature

 * First Light (Ganguly novel), by Sunil Gangopadhyay
 * First Light (Preston book), a 1987 nonfiction book on astronomy by Richard Preston
 * First Light (Stead novel), a 2007 science fiction novel for children by Rebecca Stead
 * First Light (Wellum book), a 2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum
 * First Light, a 1987 novel by Charles Baxter
 * First Light, a 1989 novel by Peter Ackroyd

Music

 * First Light (band), an English funk project of Paul Hardcastle
 * First Light: An Oratorio, a 2005 composition by Sally Lutyens

Albums

 * First Light (Easy Star All-Stars album) or the title song, 2011
 * First Light (The Enid album), 2014
 * First Light (Family of Mann album), 1974
 * First Light (Freddie Hubbard album) or the title song, 1971
 * First Light (Richard and Linda Thompson album) or the title song, 1978
 * First Light (Wishbone Ash album), 2007

Songs

 * "First Light", by Converge from You Fail Me, 2004
 * "First Light", by Harold Budd and Brian Eno from Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, 1980
 * "First Light", by Hozier from Unreal Unearth, 2023
 * "First Light", by Moonspell from Night Eternal, 2008
 * "First Light", by Paradise Lost from Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us, 2009
 * "First Light", by Shadow Gallery from Legacy, 2001
 * "First Light", by Starset from Transmissions, 2014

Other media

 * "First Light" (Cloak & Dagger), a television episode
 * First Light (film), a 2015 Italian film directed by Vincenzo Marra
 * At First Light (film), a 2018 Canadian film, titled "First Light" in some countries
 * First Light (radio program), an American syndicated talk program hosted by Michael Toscano
 * Infamous First Light, a 2014 expansion to the video game Infamous Second Son