If we could watch the Sun moving day by day against the background stars,it would follow:
A) the ecliptic.
B) no specific or fixed path because Earth's tilt axis varies through the year, although it would remain within the zodiac.
C) the celestial equator.
D) a great circle crossing the celestial equator at right angles.

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The Sun appears to move along the ecliptic, which is the apparent path the Sun takes through the sky over the course of a year, due to Earth's orbit around it.

If We Could Watch the Sun Moving Day by Day