How does the sun change position over the summer months?
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The sun actually doesn`t change position, it`s the tilt of the earth that makes it look like it is changing position. When the earth is tilted towards the sun we get more daylight hours (summer), when the earth is tilted away from the sun we get less daylight hours (winter). But we are not warmer cos we are closer to the sun, we are warmer because the angle to the sun is closer to 90 degrees in summer than in winter. If in northern hemisphere then the sun will always be at least a little to the south (even in summer).
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The Earth rotates around the sun tilted at a 34 (is it?) degree angle, and rotates while moving around the sun. Because of the action, it creates different points of direct sunlight (though the equator still has the most direct exposure) and the regions where the sun directs rays to experiences summer, and likewise, the opposite side of the Earth experiences winter. Does this help?
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because the sun is in the middle of setting
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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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Above the Arctic circle, the Sun shines all day or sets for a short period of time during the Northern hemisphere summer.\nBelow the Antarctic circle, same but during the Southern Hemisphere summer.
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Due to the direction of rotation of the earth, remember the sun is not actually moving at all we are rotation and rotating around the sun (days, years).  Galilao got into a lot of trouble with the vatican to teach us this :)
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The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the number of daylight hours and the intensity of the sunlight to differ throughout the year. For example, our "shortest" day (least amount of sunlight) of the year will be on Dec. 20 or 21st (one of them, I forget). That is the time that the Earth is positioned in it's orbit around the sun such that the tilt of the Earth's axis makes the northern hemisphere tilt away from the sun for the maximum amount of time. This sparks the Winter season . We are getting less and less sunlight up to that point and gradually increase sunlight after that until six months later (June 20 or 21, I forget), we have our "longest" day. This sparks the 'Summer' season.\n\nSo, why isn't Dec. 21 our coldest day? Well, the Earth's surface retains heat from the warmer months. Even though we increase sunlight after Dec. 21, it is not enough to warm the surface until some months later. Likewise, June 21 is not our hottest day because after June 21, we still get enough sunlight to bake the surface and continue to heat the ground. It is not until about the time that the sun crosses the equator that we have Fall and Spring.\n\nIf you shine a flashlight at a tennis ball, you'll notice that about half of the ball gets direct light, but that the center of the ball gets the most. Think of the Earth as the ball and the sun's focal center is constantly moving up or down throughout the year.
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Just watch where the sun comes up or goes down  coming up is east  sun seting  is west  Fasing east  to your right would be south
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the equator has 2 seasons.  Spring and summer. When it is spring time here, or australia, then the sun is directly overhead at the equator, meaning summer for them.  When it is summer or winter here, that means that the sun is on either the tropic of cancer (23 1/2 degrees north) or on the tropic of capricorn (23 1/2 degrees south) meaning it is spring there.
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depends on your latitude. You have to find a sun-path chart for your latitude.
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Sun Spot Cycles, or Solar Cycles, Affect Earth’s Weather  \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\nSun spot cycles are being studied by various scientific organizations which publish regular reports on their findings: the Sun has cycles of activity and inactivity, characterised by more or less sun spots, flares and other signs, and these cycles have an effect on radio communications, power distribution and even the weather on Earth as well as on orbiting spacecraft.\n\nSun spots are relatively cooler areas on the Sun that are observed as dark patches. \nThe number of sun spots observed indicates the amount of activity and the length of the solar cycle under observation. A great deal of research focuses on trying to predict sun spot activity and recently, scientists at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre reviewed all the current methods. They recommended combining the two best methods, which both use disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field as an indication of ‘solar maxima’, when the Sun is most active. Magnetic activity that accompanies the sun spots produces changes in the ultra-violet and soft x-ray emissions from the Sun with consequences for the Earth’s upper atmosphere.\n\n\nIt was Galileo, in 1610, who made the first European observation of sun spot activity. Later that century there was a period of inactivity, with very few sun spots reported from about 1645 to 1715. This inactivity corresponded with a period of colder weather on earth, with year-long snow at lower than usual altitudes and rivers freezing over - out of character. \n\nDaily observation began at the Zurich Observatory in 1749. Details of observations of sun spots – their number, size and position – have been recorded by the Royal Greenwich Observatory since 1874. US Air Force data have been added to that observatory’s records since 1976. Daily updates on the sun spot cycle and monthly updates on sun spot cycle predictions are published on the internet. \n\nRegular observation of solar activity has shown that sun spots are concentrated in two bands around the Sun. Tracings of sun spot positions reveal a shape that is referred to in the name of a ‘butterfly diagram’ of activity. Sun spots group together in clumps of around 10 spots. Monthly data reveals that the number of spots visible waxes and wanes in a cycle of about 11 years. The more scientists can learn about sun spot cycles, and predicting them, the more we will know about how the Sun works. \n\nSolar cycles of activity and inactivity, characterised by more or less sun spots, flares and other signs, are important to us on Earth and regular reports on scientific findings of observations of sun spot cycles are published on the internet.
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The angle earth makes with its axis causes seasons. The distance between earth and sun is not effective on seasons, because in summer months the earth is farther from sun, and in winters it gets closer.
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it does in summer, in june-july
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The Sun, in its seasonal movement through the sky, passes directly over the equator twice each year on the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes, which occur in March and September (respectively). At the equator, the rays of the sun are perpendicular to the surface of the earth on these dates.\n\nPlaces near the equator experience the quickest rates of sunrise and sunset in the world, taking minutes. Such places also have a relatively constant amount of day/night time on every day throughout the year compared with more northerly or southerly places.
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There are three times a year where Solar time and local time are the same. January, July and then January (ok twice). Determine your position of latitude. Place a short rod in the ground, pointing north at the same angle as your latitude. (pointing to the north star) Make sure the position you pick can be seen from the South by the Sun. Mark the hours off by some smaller rods avery hour of the day. If you do this in January or July you will be closer to real or local time. The shadow of the longer rod, the gnomon, will point to the time rods you have place to mark the shadow. A sundial can also be placed on a vertical wall, with the face to the south, and the "gnomon" point down at the same angle of your latitude.
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The Sun is slightly closer in January at perihelion (147.5 million kilometers) and slightly farther away in July at aphelion (152.6 million kilometers).  Earth’s slightly elliptical orbit is not responsible for our seasons, however.\n\nEarth’s axis is tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane of our orbit around the Sun.  Summer occurs when one’s hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun; winter when it’s tipped away.  Thus, seasons in Australia are reversed relative to North America—summer in Melbourne is winter in New York, and vice-versa.  (I’m sadly aware of that effect, since I’m travelling to Melbourne in a few months.)\n\n\nRyan Wyatt\nRose Center for Earth & Space\nNew York, New York
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Last answer is correct. During winter, the earth is physically closer to the sun and during the summer, it is furthest. \n\nTilt is key. Its important that not only is there a tilt on the earth, but the direction of that tilt is not altered during the rotation of the earth around the sun. \n\nThe Northern hemisphere is always tilting away during the winter, and towards the sun during the summer. The tilt of the earth is 23 degrees. So lets say you're at 45 degrees lattitude. During the summer, the sun will rise to 45+23 (68) degrees because the tilt is towards it, and in winter, the sun only goes to 45-23 (22) degrees. There is a big difference between the sun going up 22 degrees and the sun going to 68 degrees.\n\nWhen the sun goes to 68 degrees, it is more overhead, and the earth therefore receives more of its rays. During winter, light rays are striking obliquely, and hence do not warm the earth as much.\n\nThis is why there are less variations of seasons around the equator, where the sun is almost always directly overhead all the time.\n\nAnd this is why seasons are reversed on the southern hemisphere. When the northern hemisphere tilts towards the sun, the south is tilting away.