Oh, that's a lovely thought! When we look at the sky and see the sun shining brightly, we're actually seeing it as it is right now, not in the past. The warmth and light of the sun reach us instantly, bringing brightness to our world each day.5
That is Venus, playing its traditional role as "Evening Star". Venus passed its maximum "extension" - its angular distance from the Sun - last month, and is starting to swing around behind the Sun. By mind-March, it will be difficult to see in the evening sky. After a couple of months, Venus will swing out from behind the Sun, and become the "Morning Star" as it rises before the Sun does each morning. It repeats this morning star-evening star cycle every 10 months or so.
Look at the sun.
well because its big in space
It is not possible to see stars in the day due to the brightness of the Sun overwhelming their visibility. Stars are visible in the night sky when the Sun has set and its light does not interfere with seeing the stars.
The Sun does not move across the sky due to spinning. Instead, the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky is a result of the rotation of the Earth on its axis. As the Earth rotates, different parts of the planet become visible to the Sun, causing it to appear to move from east to west in the sky.
The sun is just past the horizon, where you can't see it, but it's still close enough to cast a red glow, which is what makes the sky look red.
ORIGINAL ANSWER:"Yes because you see something happen a few milliseconds after they actually happen." ADDITIONAL ANSWER: The person who answered this before me is technically correct. But another way to see into the past is just to look up at the night sky. Every star that you see is actually in the past. This is because light takes time to travel across the vast distance of space. Even the light that we see from our Sun is 8 minutes in the past.
That is Venus, playing its traditional role as "Evening Star". Venus passed its maximum "extension" - its angular distance from the Sun - last month, and is starting to swing around behind the Sun. By mind-March, it will be difficult to see in the evening sky. After a couple of months, Venus will swing out from behind the Sun, and become the "Morning Star" as it rises before the Sun does each morning. It repeats this morning star-evening star cycle every 10 months or so.
Look at the sun.
You look at where the sun is in the sky, E.g. if you wanted to be in the east you would look towards the sun (the sun rises in the east).
Yes. Look at that bright yellow ball in the sky. It is the sun.
Did they look were the sun was in the sky and have to estimate what time it was
well because its big in space
There's no sun at night. Go outside at midnight and look up.
The sun is 93 million miles from earth. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. It takes the light from the sun approximately 8 minutes to travel to earth. This is the reason why when you look at the sun you are actually seeing it as it was approximately 8 minutes ago.
Look toward the western part of the sky after the sun set.it the brightest object in that direction.
When we observe the sun, we are actually seeing the sun as it was about 8 minutes ago because it takes light approximately 8 minutes to travel from the sun to Earth. So, in a way, we are always looking at the sun with a slight time delay.