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The Earth revolves (orbits) counter-clockwise around the Sun as viewed from above the North Pole. The Earth rotates (spins) on its axis counter-clockwise as well. The Moon also revolves around the Earth counter-clockwise.

In general (there are a few exceptions) all the material that formed the Solar system revolved around the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction due to the conservation of angular momentum when the material contracted to form the planetary disk.

Exceptions

The planet Venus has somehow been reversed in its spin, and now spins very slowly clockwise on its axis as observed from the arbitrary north.

Some moons of large planets such as Jupiter are captured asteroids and may orbit in clockwise (retrograde) orbits.

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