Position of the sun
Late yesterday afternoon we flew into Perth, Western Australia on a track of 260 degrees with the sun setting directly in front of us.
Perth is 31'56 degrees south.
The furthest south the sun should come south is the tropic of capricorn. Ie, 23.5 degress south.
Therefore, why did the sun appear to be setting directly in front of us when we were tracking 260 degrees? Magnetic variation here is only around 2 degrees west so that doesn't account for all of the difference.
Should the sun not be setting somewhere north of 270 degrees?