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  2. Sun path - Wikipedia

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    The Sun rises in the east (far arrow), culminates in the south (to the right) while moving to the right, and sets in the west (near arrow). Both rise and set positions are displaced towards the north in midsummer and the south in midwinter. In the Southern Hemisphere, south is to the left. The Sun rises in the east (near arrow), culminates in ...

  3. Position of the Sun - Wikipedia

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    The position of the Sun in the sky is a function of both the time and the geographic location of observation on Earth's surface. As Earth orbits the Sun over the course of a year , the Sun appears to move with respect to the fixed stars on the celestial sphere , along a circular path called the ecliptic .

  4. The sun will start setting later each night nearly two weeks ...

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    The shortest day is two weeks away, but the earliest sunsets are here. The earliest sunset (Dec. 4) and latest sunrise (Jan. 11) are 38 days apart.

  5. Sunset - Wikipedia

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    The third phase is astronomical twilight, which is the period when the Sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon. [2] Dusk is at the very end of astronomical twilight, and is the darkest moment of twilight just before night. [3] Finally, night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky. [4]

  6. 4 events that dazzled skygazers in 2024, from total solar ...

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    Now that the sun is officially at the height of its 11-year cycle, the increase in solar activity will more frequently fuel "space weather" that produces the right conditions for northern lights ...

  7. Newly-released photos capture the sun in highest resolution ...

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    The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of ...

  8. Analemma - Wikipedia

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    The change of position is a result of the shifting of the angle in the sky of the path that the Sun takes in respect to the stars (the ecliptic). The diagram resembles a figure eight . Globes of the Earth often display an analemma as a two-dimensional figure of equation of time ("sun fast") vs. declination of the Sun.

  9. The sun is now in its solar maximum, meaning more aurora activity

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    Scientists said the sun is now in its solar maximum, or the peak of its 11-year solar cycle.