This is a question that I had on a pointless worksheet for science, and I have no idea. I'm hoping that one of you fabulous Yahoo! Answers people will be able to help me out!
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2007-01-30 09:13:32 · 5 answers · asked by Kate M 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I'm in Michigan, if that helps.
2007-01-30 09:21:03 · update #1
The Sun only rises due east (and only sets due west) on the first day of spring and the first day of fall. I'm assuming you live in the northern hemisphere, north of the tropic of cancer. Then when the Sun is highest in the sky every day, it is in the south (it is NEVER directly overhead).
So now picture the Sun rising due east, reaching its highest point in the south, and setting due west. That takes 12 hours. Now imagine if the Sun rose north of east, but took a path parallel to the first one. Then the sun would get higher in the south than it did before, and then set north of west. That path would be longer than the first one, and so the day would be longer - that's what happens in the spring and summer, when the day is longer than the night.
Now imagine the Sun rising south of east, again following a path parallel to the first one - this time when it's in the south it will be lower than the first time. It will set south of west. This path is shorter than the first one, and so the day would be shorter - that's what happens in the fall and winter, when the day is shorter than the night.
If you understand all that, you should have no problem answering the question now!
2007-01-30 09:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is not very clear. What does it mean "due East"?
Just a guess. I would say South of the normal sun-rise East point of the horizon in the northern hemisphere, because it is Winter.
2007-01-30 17:22:24 · answer #2 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what latitude you are. Here in Atlanta, it never gets above due east ever. You have to be south of the tropic of Cancer for the Sun to ever rise north of due East.
2007-01-30 17:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well since hte sun is stationary, it's sometimes hard to tell where the sun rises. The old saying rise in the east and sets in the west , sometimes changes depending on the earths tilt ( axis)
2007-01-31 13:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by William Sly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere or on the equator, then the sun rose south of due east. If you're past 20 degrees latitude south, it's probubly north
2007-01-30 17:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by rayofdarkness 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋