why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west?
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The Sun rises and sets where it does because of the Earth spinning, the Earth spins and the Sun comes into view from where we stand from what we term the East, it doesn't literally rise anywhere.
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Depends on where in California is your reference. Eastern California will have an earlier sunset time than Western California
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I dont know about the Crazy Mountains but in Montana on the 25th August the Sun will rise at 05:46 am,\n\n\nBy the way it dont matter which slope you are on, the Sun always rises in the East and sets in the West in the Northern Hemisphere.
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They built observatories.  They were not like the ones we have today, but the marked where and when certian things would happen.  The idea is simple, though its often lost with modern people: The sun doesnt rise in the same place each day.\n\nThe pivotal dates are Dec 21, Mar 21, June 21 and Sept 21.  On december 21, the sun will rise as far to the south that it can (the solstice). Where I live, we only have 8-9 hours of sunlight then.  As the new year progresses, then the sun will rise further north.  On Mar 21, its half way on its trip and we have 12-hrs of sun (the equinox).  On June 21 then the sun is as far north as possible at sunrise (the solsitce) and then it turns back around. Of course on Sept 21 we have 12-hr days again and the cycle continues.\n\nPeople would just make a place to sit with rocks all around in a circle.  Where the rocks were showed when these dates were near.
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Because the earth is tilted on its axis, we have seasons.  The seasons vary the length of daylight depending on the season.  When it is summer, and the days are long, in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere and the days are short.\n\nIf you think about this, you will realize that it can't be true of the equator.  Where the two hemispheres meet, the days don't vary by season.  The farther you are from the equator, the greater the length of the day (or night) -- so at the poles the sun deosn't set in mid-summer or rise in mid-winter.
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The sun is directly overhead in the tropics region, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.  Since Gettysburg is north of this region, the sun can never set in true west.  The closest would be on the summer solstice.
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You can not.  In order to have a full moon you must be able to draw a strait line from the sun to the moon with the earth in the middle.  In otherwords the sun and the moon must be 180 degrees apart.\n\nIt might be possible to see a full moon rising in the east, just as the sun is setting in the west (or full moon setting when the sun is rising) at the equator on the equinox, if there happens to be a full moon on the equinox.\n\nOther than the simultanious rise/set you can not see the full moon in the sky at the same time as the sun.
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Solar heating is more pronounced at the equator where rays are vertical and closely spaced. At higher latitudes there is less heating, rays less dense, more oblique. The tilt of the earth's axis introduces a further, seasonal variability. Seasons occur in opposite months of the year in opposite hemispheres. Winter in the northern hemisphere is simultaneous with Summer in the southern hemisphere.\n\n--assume you are looking at earth broadside, equatorial view, for the following, throughout (no polar views)--\n\nEQUATORIAL HEATING\nAir masses at the equator have an eastward inertia. As they are heated, these masses expand and rise. Keep the inertia in mind as you read all of the following.\n\nConsidering first the northern hemisphere, as this high equatorial rising air pushes to the north it has a higher speed eastward relative to the earth's surface. This is because the eastward inertia of a mass of air varies at different latitudes. \n\nAir at the equator is moving faster, along with the rotating earth, than is air at higher latitudes. Identical for both hemispheres, north and south: Air at higher latitudes has less eastward speed.\n\nOn the equatorial surface cooler air moves in from the northeast and the southeast. This air is moving west because it has less eastwards inertia as it approaches the equator, from higher latitude. These are the Trade Winds, blowing east to west on both sides of the equator.\n\n\nNORTHERN HEMISPHERE\nAs the hot, rising air from the equator cools at higher latitudes and sinks in the latitude 30's region, some moves further north and eastwards, some moves further south and westwards.\n\nSOUTHERN HEMISPHERE\nAs the hot, rising air from the equator cools at higher latitudes and sinks in the latitude 30's region, some moves further south and eastwards, some moves further north and westwards.\n\nThe northern and southern hemispheres are mirror opposites.\nWe see that these movements are caused by the heating effect of the sun. \n\nWe see that in the northern hemisphere cold air moving south veers to the left (westward) and warm air moving north veers to the right (eastward). The accounts for the clockwise highs and counterclockwise lows.\n\nIn the southern hemisphere, cold air moving north veers to the west and warm air moving south veers to the east. The net effect here is counterclockwise highs and clockwise lows.\n\nIf one has a hard time picturing this, just remember, highs and lows spin in opposite directions. Lows are clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.\n\nWinds blow from high to low pressure. The denser the isobars (lines of equal pressure) on the weather map, the greater the wind speed. Highs are the directors, lows are the actors.* This means the hurricane will have a fit wherever it is guided by high pressure.\n\n*Rodewald, German meteorologist\n\nThis explanation says little about weather from 30 degee latitudes further north or south. To describe the entire globe in detail is impractical here. The principal forces involved in your question have been described.\n\nFor a more detailed explanation, I recommend OUR ATMOSPHERE, by Theo Loebsack, A Mentor Book\n\nYes, every time I think about all this, my head spins. Try to think very carefully and hard about it occasionally and it will become somewhat clearer.\n\nThe important thing to remember is what is happening on the ground where most of us live and work. Since LOWs are the big actors, remember they are counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.\n\nA very good exercise, especially for sea goers, is to picture the wind directions you would experience from various compass points surrounding a ferocious low. Do this remembering which hemisphere you are in, north or south. Understanding that could mean survival. You want to avoid everything, to the extent possible, but especially the eye wall. The innermost winds are the most horrific, w
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Let's specify "noon" as noon for that point on the earth, and ignore local time zones which use a local average for what is called noon.\n\nThe annual change in the relative position of the Earth's axis in relationship to the sun causes the height of the sun (solar altitude) to vary in our skies. The total variation in maximum solar altitude for any location on the Earth over a one year period is 47° (2 x 23.5 = 47). For example, at 50° North maximum solar altitude varies from 63.5° on the summer solstice to 16.5° on the winter solstice (Figure 6h-9). As measured from the due south.\nSince Cadilac Mt is at 44 1/3 degrees North Latitude, the sun would be at 44.33 + 23.5 = 67.88 degrees.
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This will depend on where in Panama you are but basically, it is due to the hook shape of the archipelago that Panama is on.  At one point, there is a curve that allows an arm of the Atlantic to extend southward, ending up on the west side of the land.  That same curve allows an arm of the Pacific to extend northward, placing it on the east side of the land.  If you are standing at this land point, you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.
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They are falling down into the sun. It is their foward motion that prevents them from plunging into the sun and getting vaporized.\n\nIf you go out at night and look at a planet, you will see that it rises in the east and sets in the west, just like everything else in the day or night sky, as a result of the earth's rotation on its axis. From one night to the next, you will see the planets (usually) appear to travel eastward against the background of stars, as a result of their revolution about the sun.
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Quran states Dhul-Qarneyn saw sun setting in a muddy spring, meaning there was a large spring with unclear water where the sun was setting. \n\nDoesn't teachers teach that sun rises in east and sets in the west. Is it because the teachers do not know science or is it because that is how people on earth observe it ?\n\nScientific knowledge of early muslims may not be correct like many early people. but this verse has nothing unscientic but it is an expression to say sun rises and sun sets\n\nRegarding the second verse 36:38 you mentioned, we all know Sun along with the solar system is not stationary but they also moves along an orbit, when and where this orbiting stops God only knows. So resting place refers to final destination of Sun when World ends. Quran uses the word 'Swim' to refer to motion of sun and moon, indicating rotation and also revolution\n\nNow what about science in bible ? \nSee Joshua 10 : 12,13.\nhttp://cgi.godsview.com/cgi-bin/rcdenig/kjvread.pl?book=6&chapter=10\nIt is stated that Sun was stopped in the sky to prolong the day, so that enemies could be avenged. If bible is scientifically correct, isn't it the rotation of earth that has to be stopped to prolong the day ?
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both are always in the sky. sun goes round the earth and the earth goes round the moon. depends on the time of year moon cycles etc etc
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I dont know.  How did the english get the world to go along with it?  Also why not have 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark.  Instead they do 6am is sunrise.  Why not 1am sunrise and 1pm sunset.
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I've read about the angle of incidence answer in many elementary school books. At best, it is misleading. The fact that sunlight is more direct during the summer has little to do with the amount of radiation a hemisphere of the Earth collects. The Earth's tilt does however dictate how many hours of sunlight a hemisphere receives. In the northern hemisphere when the Earth is tilted toward the Sun (June, July, August) the north gets more hours of sunlight. More hours of sunlight equates with more collected radiation and that equates with hotter temperatures. Having said that, this isn't the entire story. If it were then the North Pole would be the hottest place on Earth during June, July, and August... and it isn't. So weather patterns play an important role in moving the heat to specific places.
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The sun does not rise, simply the Earth rotates toward the East, so it seems that the sun is rising, but it's not.
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Earth rotates. Sun on one side.