Apparent Motions of the Sun. During the year the earth moves around the sun. As a result, the sun appears to move around the sky once with respect to the stars as seen from Earth. ... The plane of the earth's orbit is called the ecliptic. read more
But as it turns out, the Sun doesn’t move at all—we’re the ones doing all the moving. The sun’s motion is apparent, caused entirely by the movement of the Earth. Our planet both spins on its axis and orbits the Sun. These two motions combine together to create the Sun’s apparent motion. read more
The daily motions, the diurnal cycle we see in the sky are caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis. When viewed from above Earth, the North Pole, the Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction, eastward (from west to east),. read more