does the sun always rise in the east? Is there any difference between the eastern and western hemisphere?

Question

i recently had a conversation about buying a house with my dad, and he asked me does the sun still come up in the east and go down in the west, in Asia? what is the difference, if any, between, say Ireland and Singapore?

Answer 1

Yes. Unless you go to the extreme north or south, the sun will always seem to rise from the east and set in the west. This is due to the earth's fixed rotation. The only difference is that singapore, which is most eastern, will have sunrise about five hours before Ireland. But really, in terms of sunrise and sunset both hemispheres are identical.

Answer 2

The Earth rotates from West to East, so the sun will always seem to come up in the eastern sky and set in the western sky. All parts of the Earth rotate together, since the Earth is a solid body, so everyone rotes from the west toward the sun

Answer 3

The Sun rises in the east wherever you are on the Planet except at the poles where it rises in the north or south depending on which pole you are at. That is because at the south pole, every direction is north.

Singapore is approximately 105°E while Dublin is about 6°W. Ireland uses UTC as its time zone so Singapore is seven hours ahead of Ireland, six when Ireland has daylight saving.