Crash & Burn,
This might be helpful.
Go to <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/" target="_blank">http://www.heavens-above.com/</a> and you can enter the observer's location and it will give you the Sun's Azimuth at Sunrise and Sunset.
Information below is for Perth Australia on 24 Dec 01
Observer's Location: Perth ( -31.9330°N, 115.8330°E)
Local Time: Universal Coordinated Time -8 (GMT + 8:00)
Apparent geocentric position
Right ascension 18h 10m 46s
Declination -23° 24' 58"
Range 0.9835708 AU
Constellation Sagittarius
2001
Autumn equinox 21:30, 20 March
Winter solstice 15:37, 21 June
Spring equinox 07:04, 23 September
Summer solstice 03:21, 22 December
Event Time Altitude Azimuth
Astronomical twilight starts: 03:28 -18.0° 134°
Nautical twilight starts: 04:06 -12.0° 128°
Civil twilight starts: 04:40 -6.0° 123°
Sunrise: 05:08 -0.8°
Azimuth 119°
Sunset: 19:23 -0.8°
Azimuth 242°
Civil twilight ends: 19:51 -6.0° 238°
Nautical twilight ends: 20:26 -12.0° 232°
Astronomical twilight ends: 21:03 -18.0° 226°
Maximum altitude: 12:16 81.5° 0°
Minimum altitude: 00:16 -34.6° 180°
I have highlighted the Sun's Azimuth at sunrise and sunset. You can see that the Sun's bearing at Sunset is 242' almost 20' to the left of a track of 260'
[ 24 December 2001: Message edited by: pterodactyl ]</p>