Tours Earth 101. Basic sun movement.

A longitudinal wave spirals flat over your head and over the plane of inertia.

Perception of close and far is dependent on location and how far the sun is from you. (Moon, and wandering stars too).

Close to you looks high in the sky at Noon (or the MC, mid heaven). Far away looks low in the sky at noon.

Midway to you looks middle of the sky at noon.

Thank you @arsalan_rahimii for the lovely video!

Torus earth 101 series here.

High Resolution Gleason map.