In which country does the sun rise first?

Answer 1

Technically the northeastern tip of Russia would enter the new day of earth first. It is nearest the international dateline and therefore would be the first area to encounter the new day.
You can read about it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_dateline

The line follows the 180 longitude except where it would divide a country into two different "days" The line zig zags around the tip of Russia as you will see on the map.


Hope that helps.

Answer 2

None, since the birth of the Earth. The sun can rise "first" somewhere only if the Earth stopped rotating in a way that the sun was visible only over water. There is too much land for that to happen at any particular second, and if the Earth stopped revolving, it would self destruct - thus no Earth.

It will always rise in any area to the east of any given point, before it rises at that point.. And by the way, any time less than a day is an invention of humans & not of nature, and the same is true of "clock" time. The International Date Line & Greenwich Mean Time are arbitrary lines on a map created by humans & not from Nature. Think about it.

In addition, at the Poles, the sun stays visible or completely absent constantly for weeks at a time around the summer & winter solstaces.

Answer 3

The question is an interesting one. If you were to consider that the prime meridian (0 degree) were the start of each time day. Also known as GMT or the Greenwich Mean time or meridian line. You'd have to trace that line vertically down a map and see all the countries it disected and the latitudes they occupied. Secondly the time of the year would be influencial since in the Summer it rises in the north east and in the winter it rises in the south east and spring and fall have it rising in the east. In addition you'd have to track the elevation changes along the meridian line since the earth is a sphere that is approximately 4000 miles in radius, the higher the altitude the further you could see beyond the horizon and the sun would be seen first. But I guess there is one place where it is seen first, but it would change constantly.

Answer 4

Kiribati, Christmas Islands

Answer 5

If we take dawn at the International date line, that part of Russia that almost touches alaska

Answer 6

The Kingdome of Tonga .(the capital city is Nuku'alofa) .

Answer 7

Who can tell?The earth is like ball no end and no start!

Answer 8

Tonga and Russia

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Answer 9

whoever wakes up first!