where does the sunrise

The Sun appears to rise roughly in the east everywhere on Earth, but its exact point on the horizon shifts with the seasons and your location.

Short, direct answer

• On most days, you can say: “The sunrise is in the east.”

• Around the March and September equinoxes, the Sun rises almost exactly due east for all non-polar locations.

• In the Northern Hemisphere:
  • From spring to autumn, sunrise is in the northeast part of the horizon.

* From autumn to spring, sunrise shifts to the **southeast**.

• In the Southern Hemisphere, the pattern is flipped (summer sunrises in the southeast, winter in the northeast).

Why it rises there

• Earth spins from west to east, so the Sun seems to come up in the east and go down in the west.

• Earth’s axis is tilted, which makes the sunrise point slide northward or southward along the eastern horizon over the year.

A quick mental picture

Imagine facing east at the ocean:

• At the equinoxes, the Sun comes up straight ahead.
• In your (Northern Hemisphere) summer, it pops up noticeably to your left (northeast).
• In winter, it pops up to your right (southeast).

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