Why the Sun rises from east and sets in west, why not in any other directions ?

Answer 1

It has to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis and the direction of the spin in relation to the position of the Sun. If you ever notice the sun does change locations (slightly) in the horizon when it rises and sets during the seasons. This is the reason that the times of sunrise and sunset change each day.

Answer 2

I HAVE THE PERFECT ANSWER FOR YOU!

YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING:
1) basketball
2) black marker
3) light source
4) a large palm (to grip the basketball)

INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Hold the basketball in the palm of your hand. Take the black marker and place a small dot/line/X in the middle of the ball (this represents your location on the earth, and we are placing you on the equator for fun and sun for this exercise :)

2) While standing close to the light source (a lamp for instance) slowly rotate the basketball in the palm of you hand from left to right. As the mark you placed on the ball moves toward the light source this will represent the sun rising in the East. As the mark moves away from the light source, this will represent the sun setting in the West.

3) Now for the cool part... with your huge, oversized palm you need to continue to slowly rotate the basketball while at the same time flip your hand over (you will be palming the basketball while it is upside down and still spinning.

4) Watch the mark you placed on the basketball in relation to the light source - the sun is now rising in the West and sitting in the East...

CONCLUSION:

Some of the answers posted above stated the reason for the sun rising in the East and sitting in the West is because the Earth rotates from West to East. From my example you can see that the only reason the sun rises and sits the way it does is because North is pointing North and South is pointing South...

Just thought I will stretch the brain this morning..

Deion "Mule" Christopher

Answer 3

I always remember that the Sun sets in the west, because "sets" and "west" almost rhyme. And if the Sun sets in the west, it must rise in the east. By the way, the sun doesn't rise DUE east or set DUE west except on the first day of spring and the first day of fall. For people in the northern hemisphere, the Sun rises south of east and sets south of west in the fall and winter; the Sun rises north of east and sets north of west in the spring and summer. Exactly how far north or south depends on your latitude. From the southern hemisphere, the Sun still rises in the east, and sets in the west. The north/south thing i mentioned in the previous paragraph is the only thing that gets shifted.

Answer 4

Sun never rises or sets..... He is stable... only earth rotates in that way.. thats why it looks like rising at east and set at west....

Answer 5

Here it is simple and correct:
The sun remains constant in the same position
The earth rotates counter clockwise. . .from west to east
While facing the sun, the sunrise is first visible in the east.
As the day progresses, the vision of the sun will disappear in the west

Thank you for the 10 pts

Answer 6

You're a doctor? The energy required to reverse the direction of the earths rotation in order to alter the sunrise/sunset is nearly unimaginable. The resulting earthquakes and storms would destroy all life on the planet.

Answer 7

Tilt of the Earth's axis and the direction of spin in relation to the position of the Sun as Earth orbits it..

Answer 8

The earth rotates towards the east, which can be observed by orientation with a magnetic compass at sunrise.

Answer 9

because the earths rotation is toward the east and since the sun is stationary,relative to the earth ,the earth is always spinning away from todays suns rays and toward tomorrows sun rays.

Answer 10

Because the ancestors called the so called EAST as EAST and the WEST as WEST. Just interchange the words, you would get the answer.