Why does the time of the apparent sunrise occur earlier as you go north from the equator?

Answer 1

If the Earth was not tilted on its axis, everyone everywhere would have 12 hours of sun and 12 hours of darkness (not taking into account atmospheric refraction).

But the Earth is tilted on its axis. Imagine the Earth tilted so that the north pole is not pointing straight up, but up and away from the sun. In this configuration, the north pole will never see the sun! As you travel from the north pole towards the equator, there will be a point at which you only see the sun for a split second before it disappears. Continuing southward, you will experience longer and longer appearances of the sun and spend less and less time in darkness.

Fortunately for the north pole, it doesn't always point away from the sun. Over the course of a year, the North Pole and South Pole trade positions of pointing away from the sun.

Answer 2

That's only true during the spring to autumn months. Look at the extreme. During this time period, the sun never sets at the north pole because of the tilt of the earth so the closer you get to the pole, the longer the daylight has to be.

Answer 3

Because the circumference of a globe is smaller as you move away from the middle.