春分日落
Equinox Sunset

發表日期:2025-09-21
太陽每天的落日方向都一樣嗎?不是,日落的方向取決於一年中的時間。雖然太陽總是大致朝西落下,但在今天這樣的春分日,太陽會直接朝西落下。明天的九日平分之後,太陽會越來越向西南方落下,在十二月至時達到最大位移。 在今天的 9 月分之前,太陽向西北落下,在 6 月至時達到最大位移。專題延時影像顯示了從 2019 年 12 月到 2020 年 6 月期間,每月一天太陽落下的七個波段。 這些影像序列拍攝自加拿大阿爾伯塔省(位於地球赤道以北),前景為埃德蒙頓市。 中間的波段顯示的是上一個春分日( 3 月)的落日景象。 從這個位置看,明天太陽將再次沿同一分日帶落下。
原文:Does the Sun set in the same direction every day? No, the direction of sunset depends on the time of the year. Although the Sun always sets approximately toward the west, on an equinox like today the Sun sets directly toward the west. After tomorrow's September equinox, the Sun will set increasingly toward the southwest, reaching its maximum displacement at the December solstice. Before today's September equinox, the Sun had set toward the northwest, reaching its maximum displacement at the June solstice. The featured time-lapse image shows seven bands of the Sun setting one day each month from 2019 December through 2020 June. These image sequences were taken from Alberta, Canada -- well north of the Earth's equator -- and feature the city of Edmonton in the foreground. The middle band shows the Sun setting during the last equinox -- in March. From this location, the Sun will set along this same equinox band again tomorrow.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖(Astronomy Picture of the Day,APOD),原文為英文,正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理,內容僅供參考,若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒!
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