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Why does the sun rise and the sun set change?

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The direction the sun rises and sets varies greatly because of the tilt in the Earth's axis - meaning that the sun rises and sets much further north in June than in December because the sun hits the Tropic of Cancer in June more directly than the Tropic of Capricorn.

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