The anti-clockwise movement of the earth in daily rotation around her axis.
The horizon (represented as a green disk) stretches out to the stars and coincides with the earth's and the celestial equator.
Date: circa 4 September Interval: two hours Steps: 30 degrees.
At the end of summer the Sun remains day and night just above the horizon.
The horizon intersects with the Sun's apparent path, the ecliptic, at two points: the eastern is called Ascendant, the western point is the Descendant.