In the Northern Hemisphere during summer, why does the sun rise northeast/set northwest yet is always “in the south” year-round?

Question

Both of these concepts make sense to me separately, but I can’t understand how they both make sense at the same time. If anyone has a good animation or diagram depicting these concepts I would really appreciate it! Thank you!

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Sun makes a full circle through the sky, it’s in the south at noon and in the north at midnight, just on some part it’s obscured by the earth and that is night. The tilt and position of the circle depends on where you are and the season so the place sun rises/sets looks to change.