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What dates does the sun rise, and set, directly east and west?

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In the year there are some special dates on which sun rise and set directly east and wets, such a dates are:

June 20th

December 21th

In this dates the plane of rotation of the earth around the sun coincides with the plane of rotation of the earth on itself. It makes possible to observe sunrises and sunsets directly east and west.

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