why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west everyday at the same time?

Question

can the sun rise at noon or even set in the east instead of the west?

Answer 1

Well, actually, the sun does not rise/set at precisely the same time each day. As summer turns to winter the sun rises later and sets earlier. During the summer solstice the sun is in the sky for roughly 15 hours, but during the winter solstice the sun is only up for 9 hours.
The sun can rise at noon or even set at midnight. When you get to the highest of latitudes (above the arctic circle, or below the antarctic circle) you get a full 24-hours of sunlight during summer months, but as you come south from the arctic circle (or north from the antarctic circle) the sun appears to set, then rise just a few minutes to a few hours apart (depending on how far south (or north) you have traveled).
As for the sun rising in the west and setting in the east, no. This is due to the rotation of Earth. For all intents and purposes, the sun is stationary in the sky. The Earth spins on it's axis in one direction. This makes the sun seem to move through the sky when in fact it is our perspective that is changing.
I hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 2

Where do you live? The sun doesn't rise and set at the same time anywhere in the world.

Have you never noticed the days are longer in summer, for God's sake?

How can the sun rise at noon. It is the sun being highest in the sky for the day that defines noon?

The sun's rising and setting (as well as the rising and setting of the moon and the stars) is due to the rotation of the Earth, which is constant.

For the sun to rise in the west, the Earth would have to suddenly start turning the other way.

I am sorry if I am insulting, but I can't believe that anyone is so ignorant in this day and age. It's not like you have to know astromomy to realise these things. It's basically everyday observation.

It's like the person who asked why the sun never shines at night. Jeez that is unbelievable.

Answer 3

The Earth is a ball that is rotating from West to East. As we turn toward the Sun, it appears to rise and set.

Since "noon" is defined as the time when the sun has reached its highest point in the sky, it is impossible for the sun to first rise at noon. The time when the sun rises will always be caused "sunrise", not "noon".

Answer 4

No, the Sun rises and sets at a slightly different point on the horizon every day. On the dates of the eqinoxes, it rises due east and sets due west, but as the Earth moves around the Su, the rising point shifts to the north in the northern summer and to the south in the northern winter.

Answer 5

Well due to the orbit of the Earth, the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west.
The sun could rise at "noon" if you change your clock to read 12:00 PM when the sun rises, haha, but I'm sure thats not what you meant.
I think noon is characterized by the sun being approximately directly "above" when you look up at the sky, please someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.

Answer 6

I have news for you: You have both place AND time wrong. The sun does not rise and set at east and west (i mean precisely East and West) AND certainly not at the same time every day. Look it up at an astronomical program at your PC.

Answer 7

The sun rises later each day and sets earlier each night between summer solstice and the winter solstice (that's why the days get shorter in the fall and winter).

The sun rises when it does because the Earth turns on its axis in one direction all the time, and at one speed.
So no, the sun couldn't rise at noon or set in the east.

Answer 8

It doesn't except on the equator. It rises earlier and earlier, and sets later and later, from the winter solstice to the summer solstice (days get longer) and the opposite from summer to winter.

In the special case of arctic/antarctic circle,. there are certain days where the sun can rise (barely clear the horizon) at noon.

Answer 9

no, sun does not rise everyday in same time

earth moves round the sun from west to east....it a universal truth..so the sun rises in east and sets in west...............its the rule of universe ..... the sun cannot break it.

Answer 10

1) It doesn't

2) No