Whether the sun "rises" in the east depends on your position on earth, and the time of the year. In northern latitudes, during the summer, the sun rises significantly North of East, and in the winter it rises in the South. For example, today's sunrise/sunset directions in Umeå Sweden, look like this (source: www.suncalc.net) The yellow line shows the direction of sunrise, the orange line the ...
Hipparchus mostly used exact measuring of the equinoxes (the moment day and night are just as long, and when the Sun rises exactly in the east and sets exactly in the west).
Using the distance between the Sun and the Earth, at least for distances within the Solar system, just gives a better feel for the scales involved. You can't really imagine a distance of, say, 1000000000 kilometers -- or at least I can't.
Answer: The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west. And that's because Earth spins -- toward the east. For a moment, let us ignore Earth's orbit around the Sun (as well as the Sun's and solar system's revolution around the center of the Galaxy, and even the Galaxy's journey through the universe).
Why does the Sun rise in the east and set in the west? - NASA
Why does the Sun always rise in the East? - Physics Stack Exchange
Thus reversing the motion of the constellations , their stars and their planets . No body knows the speed of the expansion of universe or when it will stop or the speed of its recoil . It is then when the sun rises from the West . That is the simple truth and if some one disagrees with this I will be more than grateful for his input . Thank you ...