which direction does the sun rise from

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west for essentially all locations on Earth.

Basic answer

• Because Earth spins from west to east, the Sun appears to come up on the eastern horizon and go down on the western horizon.

• A simple way to remember this is the common phrase: “The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”

Does it always rise exactly due east?

• The general direction is always east, but the exact point on the horizon shifts north or south of due east during the year because Earth’s axis is tilted.

• Only on the equinoxes (around March 20–21 and September 22–23) does the Sun rise due east and set due west everywhere except at the poles.

How it changes with seasons

• Around the summer solstice, the Sun rises north of east and sets north of west; around the winter solstice, it rises south of east and sets south of west.

• The farther you are from the equator, the more noticeable this shift in sunrise direction becomes across the seasons.

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