if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which direction does it rise on the summer solstice in countries where the sun never fully sets?

Question

if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which direction does it rise on the summer solstice in countries where the sun never fully sets?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

In the Arctic circle during 24 hour daylight, the sun never gets very high above the horizon. Instead, it makes 360* laps around the horizon, moving horizontally.

Answer 2

In the northern hemisphere: If you are looking at the sun when its at its highest point in the sky, you are looking South. If its at its lowest point, you are looking North.
When it finally does sink beneath the horizon after between 30 and ~185 days, it sets in the west just like everywhere else.

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Answer 3

Above the arctic circle it would never rise on the Summer solstice, by definition.

Think of the Sun doing a full lap of the sky, clockwise in the Northern hemisphere. So at 6:00 it is due East, at 12:00 it is due South, 18:00 it is due West and 24:00 it is due North. So if sunrise is at 3:00 at a particular place on a particular day then the sun will rise in a NE direction.

On the Summer solstice, at a point just below the arctic circle, sunrise will be at 00:01, and the Sun will be just a smidgeon East of due North.