Where does the first sunrise happen every day and which place sees the first sunrise of the New Year?
On our rotating, spherical planet, the sun is endlessly creeping over the horizon. But where does the first sunrise of the day happen? And with the sun quickly setting on 2022, which place experiences the first moments of light in the New Year?
But to keep track of time, humans have established an arbitrary time-keeping system, including time zones and the international date line, which marks the line on Earth where one day ends and the next begins."So the agreed-upon 'first' sunrise of the day takes place at the international date line," Hummels said.
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