During a period of 24 hours, the sunset obviously keeps moving to the west. From day to day form the winter solstice to the summer solstice the sunset will move toward the nearest pole (north in the northern hemisphere) and vice versa form the summer solstice to the winter solstice.
It's the Earth that's moving and it's moving towards the east.
That's why the Sun aways sets in the west.
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The Earth is actually moving at a pretty good speed (465.11 miles per second). The area near the equator is moving faster that a spot in northern Canada for example. Launching rockets with satellites take advantage of the speed of the Earth's rotation by launching them at or near the equator. That's the reason why the European Space Agency located their launch site in French Guiana in South America near the equator rather than Europe.
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Sunsets don't follow any patterns - the colours and designs of sunsets depend on the atmospheric conditions near the observer.
Sunsets travel west, the same direction as the sun. So when its sunset here, it will be sunset in a little while further west of here.
During a period of 24 hours, the sunset obviously keeps moving to the west. From day to day form the winter solstice to the summer solstice the sunset will move toward the nearest pole (north in the northern hemisphere) and vice versa form the summer solstice to the winter solstice.
It's the Earth that's moving and it's moving towards the east.
That's why the Sun aways sets in the west.
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The Earth is actually moving at a pretty good speed (465.11 miles per second). The area near the equator is moving faster that a spot in northern Canada for example. Launching rockets with satellites take advantage of the speed of the Earth's rotation by launching them at or near the equator. That's the reason why the European Space Agency located their launch site in French Guiana in South America near the equator rather than Europe.
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the sun always (at least for now) sets in the west.