[ELI5] I live in Australia, here the sun sets at 6 pm. How come in Los Angeles it sets at 8pm?

Question

Is it due to the position on the earth in relation to earths axis?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Basically, yes. Here is a picture of how the daytime/night time looks on Earth if it was a flat map:

[https://www.mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/daylight_map,_nonscientific_(1100_utc).jpg](https://www.mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/daylight_map,_nonscientific_(1100_utc).jpg)

As the earth turns, you can imagine the area of daytime/night time shifting to the left.

You can see that the dividing line between day and night is slanted. So it hits Australia in the south sooner than it would hit Los Angeles in the north.