why does the sun set furthur south everyday?

Question

ive been noticing that the sun sets further south as the day go by ... why does that happen? Does it have anything to do with the changes in the season?

Answer 1

You have it! The Earth is tilted 23 degrees over relative to its orbit of the Sun. This spinning makes first the North Pole, and then the South Pole point towards the sun 6 months later. To our eyes, the Sun seems to rise and set in different spot each day. It is our point of view, together with the current location of Earth in its orbit.

;-D Yes. This is what causes the seasons.

Answer 2

This happens because of the tilt of the earth's axis relative to the sun; as the sun sets further south, the days get shorter (in the northern hemisphere), and the sun is lower in the sky, which is what you've been seeing. Because the sun is not as close to being directly overhead, the air and ground do not heat up as much during the day, so the temperature is colder, and you have winter. The tilt of the earth changes a bit each day because the earth "wobbles" on its axis. It will be at its maximum for this cycle on December 21st, which is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. It will start to move back after that, and the days will grow longer, until it reaches its maximum in the OTHER direction on June 21st, which is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. This is also the reason that the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere as compared with the northern.

Answer 3

The sun will set farther and farther south, until Dec 21-22.

In the northern hemisphere that means the days are getting shorter. In the southern hemisphere, the sun going south gives us longer days as we move into summer.

It is due to the way the tilt of the Earth is oriented to the sun. It is hard to visualise what is happening, but dead easy if you can go to a museum or planetarium and see a moving model.

Answer 4

yes because as the earth rotates, it also tilts and rotates on it's axis. So at certain times of the year, the North Pole is closest to the sun (some parts of the north pole can get up to 18 hours of sunlight durring certain seasons)and durring the opposite season, the South pole is closest to the sun.

Answer 5

Yes. Your locations relation to the sun changes ever so gradually each day. This is why daylight is increased during summertime and shortens during winter. This just has to do with the Earths natural rotation.

Answer 6

The earth is on a tilt. The sunset changes as different seaons go by.

Answer 7

In the West