Philosophy of physics question:

You're watching the incoming signal from an event that's happening 60 light-minutes away.

Is the event happening:
A) Right now
B) An hour ago
?

@starkatt Both, depending on your own personal frame. The sun is eight light minutes from Earth; it sets eight minutes before its light stops reaching us. When has it set?

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