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If the sun is going the wrong way across the sky, it’s not because of the hemisphere you’re on. I wonder if this is like an implanted memory that you have or w
by zaroth 4y ago
If the sun is going the wrong way across the sky, it’s not because of the hemisphere you’re on.
I wonder if this is like an implanted memory that you have or what?
- murkt 4y agoIt’s going east-to-west in both hemispheres, that’s for sure. However, in the northern hemisphere the Sun goes from left to right, and in the southern from right to left, when you’re looking at the Sun.
- adolph 4y agoI guess that is true in the higher latitudes on Earth. On Venus the tilt is 2.64 degrees, so it would be even more apparent in lower latitudes.
- KineticLensman 4y ago> I wonder if this is like an implanted memory that you have or what? As pointed out below, it's because in my normal latitude (south UK) the sun moves from left to right (as you face South) and at a similar distance below the equator, it goes from right to left (as you face North). So at home when I look at the Sun I know that a couple of hours later it be quite a bit to the right of where it is now, and I can use this to assess where shadows will be.
- glenngillen 4y agoSeems like this would only be true if you’re above the Tropic of Cancer and then comparing to below the Tropic of Capricorn. Between those zones the left/rightness of travel would change dependent on the season.