The moon travels west to east around the earth; the same direction the earth (and the other planets) travel around the sun. This is probably due to the direction of the swirling gas when the planets were formed. If the gas swirled west to east, as planets coalesced they got their direction during their creation.
I don't know what you mean, but the moon orbits the earth, meaning it moves in a giant circle. Sometimes it gets in between the Earth and the sun, thus creating an eclipse. If you mean how, it's gravity.
This question is easy to answer with just a bit of scientific observation. The following experimental
protocol is suggested:
Step 1). First observation:
Go outside on a night when the moon is visible. Look at the moon, and the stars around it.
Make a rough sketch in your notebook, and also note the time.
Step 2). Second observation:
Go outside the next night, about 45 minutes later than on the first night. Look at the moon,
and the stars around it. Make a rough sketch in your notebook.
Step 3). Reduce the data:
Go inside and sit down with your notebook. Compare the two sketches.
You'll see that on the second night compared to the first, the moon appeared in the same direction
about 50 minutes later, and had moved (about 13 degrees) east relative to the stars.
The Moon orbits the Earth counterclockwise and it spins in the same direction at exactly the same time because it keeps the same face to the Earth as it orbits it.
The " direction of spin" is as viewed from above Earth's North Pole.
Very tricky! The moon appears to be rising in the east and setting in the west, but that is an apparent motion only. The moon actually orbits from west to east around the earth. It is the earth's spin (rapid, relative to the moon's monthly orbit) that causes both the sun and the moon to appear to rise in the east and set in the west.
The moon travels west to east, the rotation of the earth makes it appear it is travelling east to west.
The light or darkness moves from right to left across the Moon during the Lunar cycle.
I think the moon moves eastward across the sky or it goes west to east, I'm not sure. Sorry I don't have the exact. :(
the moon revolves around the earth in the direction of west to east.
Looking down from the north pole we would see the moon orbiting counterclockwise to the east.
it depends where on the earth you are standing
the moon isnt in the sky its in space
Since Earth's surface is rotating toward the east, "fixed" celestial bodies appear to be moving toward the west.
No, it does not.
because the Earth is rotating and the Moon is orbiting the Earth by gravity
it depends where on the earth you are standing
east 2 west
The Moon travels across the sky in the same direction as the Sun; Its' leading edge is the point at which phase changes start and move from right to left.
Transverse waves will move across the direction of travel.
The moon goes in the direction of its orbit
Each night at the same time the moon is further east because that is the direction that the moon orbits the earth. It gets round in about a month.
The Moon is so far away that if you move a few meters, or even kilometers, the direction of the Moon won't change appreciably.The Moon is so far away that if you move a few meters, or even kilometers, the direction of the Moon won't change appreciably.The Moon is so far away that if you move a few meters, or even kilometers, the direction of the Moon won't change appreciably.The Moon is so far away that if you move a few meters, or even kilometers, the direction of the Moon won't change appreciably.
Regulus stars appear to move across the sky from East to West (:
the moon isnt in the sky its in space
Since Earth's surface is rotating toward the east, "fixed" celestial bodies appear to be moving toward the west.
No, it does not.
it travels west to east