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"Coucher du soleil" vs "coucher de soleil"?

Google n-gram indicates that coucher de soleil has been gradually gaining ground against coucher du soleil over the long term, and even over just the last 20 years.

I didn't realize both were permissible before today. Can someone elaborate on the difference in meaning or tone, if there is any? It seems profoundly subtle a difference of pronunciation to me, I would have immense trouble even telling the difference between the two spoken at speed.