Does the sun always rise (on Earth) in the east?

Question

I say it doesn't & can prove it. Can you figure this one out?

Answer 1

The north and south poles are considered on Earth and there is no east or west there. So to answer your question, no it does not always rise there.

Answer 2

Well I guess if you were at the north pole...and you woke up in the morning.... every direction you face will be south. Therefore the sun rises in the south at the North Pole.

If you are somewhere reasonable...like ohh Mexico, the sun will rise a few degrees differently from true east every day as the seasons change. This si due to the 23 degree tilt of the earth's axis.

and the moon will rise very very differently on the eastern horizon , many degrees out of wack, and many minutes apart each time. Eventually the moon is rising in the daytime, and you don't pay attention util later that night.

Answer 3

The Earth is tilted on its axis 23.5 degrees. The Sun's rise is viewed from the surface of the Earth. During the parts of the year when it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the shadowed part of the Earth is South of the North Pole. An observer in that shadowed region greater in latitude than 23.5 degrees might see the Sun rise in a direction other than simply 'East.'

For example, in Alert Canada, on March 12, 2007, the sun will rise at approximately 1:15 PM and be seen in the South East. Daytime is very short. Night time is very long. At some times of the year the Sun does not rise at all there.

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Answer 4

It rises roughly in the east, with a northern or southern tilt depending on where you are and what time of year it is. If you live in canada and it's December 22, the sun will rise in the southeast and set in the southwest. On March 22 it will rise almost exactly in the east and set almost exactly in the west. June 22 and it will rise in the southeast and set in the southwest. In the southern hemipshere it will be reversed, but it will still rise generally in the east and set generally in the west.

If you live closer to the poles, like alaska, towards winter the sun will rise generally in the north, but a little east of true north, and then set still in the north, but a little to the west of true north, until it doesn't even rise at all really.

Answer 5

This must be a trick question. The sun does not "rise." The earth spins on it's axis. The direction of rotation is from west to east, so it only looks like the sun is rising. Relative to earth, the sun is stationary.

Answer 6

yes it always because of the earths rotation direction,
i think you would be figuring the rise of sun in polar regions where it never sets for 6 months,
but there also it first rises from east.

Answer 7

Let's see earth is on a 23 degree axis. So being on the poles would make it appear you could prove it but that is just perception not actuality. So you cannot prove it, and I don't think you'll have the ba[[s to reply to ever answer here with your hogwash.

Join the revolution.

Answer 8

It does not always rise in the true east for most of the year. It rises pretty close to true east all year.

Answer 9

the earth rotates in the same direction, and has been rotating in this direction ever since it was created. if the earth would reverse it's direction of rotation the sun would "rise" in the west.

Answer 10

I guess if you were standing on the north pole in the autumn or spring, you would see it rise and set in the SOUTH