where does the sun rise then set?

Answer 1

East and West ?!

Answer 2

It is too simplistic to say the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. That is generally true, but depending on your latitude on the earth, the sun will rise due and set due west only at the spring and autumnal equinox days (21 March and 21 September). On the solstice days (21 Jun and 21 Dec) or thereabouts, the sun will have moved across the sky and be set off at angle from due east or west as it rises and sets. The angle from due east or west will be the same as your latitude.

Answer 3

The Earth rotates giving the illusion the Sun rises in the east and sets in the West.

Answer 4

If you're asking where the sun rises then immediately sets, that can only happen near one of the poles. The arctic and antarctic circles represents the limit of sunlight at the solstice. At the December solstice, the sun never rises above the horizon north of the arctic circle. At the June solstice, it never quite sets (hence the name, "Land of the Midnight Sun"). Somewhere a little south of that location and about that time of year, you may be able to see the sun slip above the horizon, then back down just west of it. (The dates and directions are the opposite in Antarctica.)

Answer 5

It rises in the East and sets in the West.

Answer 6

It rises in the east, hence Japan's called the land of the rising sun. It sets in the west, hence the cheesy cowboy film scenes of the brave riders setting forth into the sunset and uncharted territory.

Answer 7

It rises in the East, then sets in the West.

Answer 8

Where I live it rises in the east and sets in the west.

Answer 9

as the sun never moves its always in the same place lol

in some places in the world the sun never rises or sets for months on end

Answer 10

It depends on how far you live from the equator. If you live on the equator, it will rise in the east and set in the west.

However, if you live north or south of the equator, the sun will on rise in the east and set in the west on two dates - the vernal (spring) equinox (March 20th) and the autumnal equinox (Sept. 22nd).

For the northern hemisphere, the sun rises somewhat north of east and sets somewhat north of west between the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox. It reaches its northernmost rising point on the day of the summer solstice (June 21st).

Then between the autumnal equinox and the vernal equinox, the sun rises south of east and sets south of west. It reaches its southernmost rising point on the day of the winter solstice (Dec. 21st).

The above is reversed if you live south of the equator.

If you happen to live at the north pole, then the sun doesn't set from March - Sept. It just goes around the horizon. Then from Sept to March it never rises.

Answer 11

Rises - East
Sets -West.

Only if you are referring to Earth. The Sun really doesn't turn off when it is night time.