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How can the sun rise 4 minutes later on one day and 4 minutes earlier on another day?
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The Earth spins at an absolutely constant speed - but the Earth's path around the Sun isn't quite so precise. Our orbit is an ellipse, so the Earth speeds up when we're closer to the Sun, and slows down when we're farther away.
Combine this with the angular tilt of the Earth's spin axis as compared to the orbital path, and we see longer days in the spring and summer, and shorter days in the fall and winter. Here in November (November 7, 2013, as I write this) the Sun is rising a little later, and setting a little earlier, each day.
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Approximately 50 minutes.
What time does the sun rise and set in winter?
The sun rises at different times depending on what country that you may live in. During the summer, the sun will rise earlier and will set later.
Why will the mercury in the thermometer rise after 3 minutes?
It will rise from the moment it is heated - for example, from the moment it has contact with the body. But it is expected to stabilize after a few minutes.
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The moon orbits the earth, therefore it will always be in a different spot each day or night so will rise later each day by 48 minutes. This also affects what time the moon will set and when it will reach it's highest point in the sky.
How does long it take the earth rotate on its axis?
The period is 24 hours, governed by the Sun rising and setting. But this is a trick question because during that 24 hours, the Earth has gone round its orbit a little so it has to rotate for four extra minutes each day to get to noon with the Sun at the same place in the sky. The period relative to the stars is 23 hours 56 minutes, so our 24-hour day makes all the stars rise and set four minutes earlier each day.
How many minutes later each day do stars rise?
Wherever you see a star tonight ... rising, setting, or anywhere in between ... it will be at the same place slightly earlier tomorrow night ... on the average, ( 3 minutes56.5 seconds ) earlier.
Does the sun rise earlier or later in autumn?
Each day through autumn the sun rises a little bit later and sets a little bit earlier.
How much earlier or later will a star rise 12 days from now?
I get ( 47minutes19seconds ) earlier after 12 days ... on the average during the year.
How many minutes later does the moon rise or set each night?
Approximately 50 minutes.
How much later does the moon rise each night?
45 minutes
A star that rises at 10 PM tonight will rise at what time tomorrow night?
Answer: A star will rise about 4 minutes earlier every day. In a month, it will rise 2 hours earlier than now.
Do the moon set and rise at the same time each day?
No. The Moon tends to rise about 50 minutes later every day.
What time does the moon rise and set each day?
About 50 minutes later every day.
Why does the moon rise and set 50 minutes later each day?
because the earth rotates
What is time of moon rise in lucknow?
Roughly 45 to 50 minutes later every day than it was the day before.
Is the sun rise earlier or later in Nevada than Oakland CA?
The sun rises earlier in Nevada than in Oakland, CA. Nevada is east of Oakland, so it experiences sunrise before locations further west. This is due to the rotation of the Earth from east to west causing the sun to appear to rise in the east.
Does the sun rise earlier and sets earlier in autumn?
No, throughout autumn the sunset is a little bit earlier each day, but the sunrise is a little bit later each day. At the end of autumn, at the winter solstice, the time from sunrise to sunset is at its minimum.
