does the moon and the earth rotate in the same direction?

Answer 1

Yes, as long as definitions are consistent.

The Moon rotates from west to east, the same direction that it revolves around the earth. At its equator, the Moon rotates at a speed of about 10 miles (16 kilometers) per hour.

The Earth rotates on its axis from West to East with its axis in the North/South direction.

It is sometimes thought that the Moon does not rotate, because it always presents the same face (roughly) to a point on Earth. However this is because the time it takes to complete one rotation is almost the same as the time it takes to complete one revolution around the earth; not because it does not rotate.

Answer 2

Yes. Viewed from above the North Pole, both the Moon and the Earth rotate in an anti-clockwise direction.

The moon takes the same time to make 1 rotation as the time needed for it to revolve around Earth (i.e. 27 days, seven hours, and 43 minutes), which explains why we always see the same "side" of the moon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

Answer 3

Question:
Does the moon and the Earth rotate in the same direction?
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Answer:
The moon doesn't rotate so I suggest you take off your diploma hat off.
Imagine that a ball has red one side and blue the other and attach the string to a second ball that makes the red and blue ball wind around it rather than go with it. Now spin it.
Result:
The side you attached the string to the second ball is red on the first ball, after spinning the red side is always seen by the second ball.
The blue side is the never seen side.
Conclusion:
The red and blue ball is the moon with the seen and non-seen side from the second ball, and the second ball is the Earth.

Answer 4

Physics 101 (well, maybe later): The Moon revolves around the Sun, not the Earth. "Suck it, punny selfish humans! Bwahahahaha!" However, since it is so close to the Earth, it is attracted to Earth by E's gravity, while it itself attracts E with its own gravity. The result is a woobling orbit around the Sun, which the moon moves more since the Earth has a stronger gravitational attraction than the moon. So, yes, they do revolve around the same direction, clockwise around the sun (I think).

Answer 5

Physics 101 (well, maybe later): The Moon revolves around the Sun, not the Earth. "Suck it, punny selfish humans! Bwahahahaha!" However, since it is so close to the Earth, it is attracted to Earth by E's gravity, while it itself attracts E with its own gravity. The result is a woobling orbit around the Sun, which the moon moves more since the Earth has a stronger gravitational attraction than the moon. So, yes, they do revolve around the same direction, clockwise around the sun (I think).

In a larger scale, they revolve, clockwise, around the milky way.

Answer 6

If you viewed the Moon and Earth from above the Earth's North Pole (way above), both the Moon and Earth spin counter-clockwise about their axis.

They also both orbit counter-clockwise about their common center of mass. Since their common center of mass lies inside the Earth (about 3/4 of the Earth's radius), the Earth's orbit around the common center of mass is more like a wobble than an actual orbit.

As Abby said, the common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system orbit the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from way above Earth's North Pole).

Answer 7

hey girlie the moon does not rotate it just revolves around the earth in an circular orbit, hence NASA scientists can't see the other side of moon.

Answer 8

No Uranus and Venus flow interior the different direction, the main huge held concept is they have at it slow the two been hit by making use of a great merchandise and it has knocked them into their cutting-edge orbits. i think that each and all of the moons orbit each and each of their planets interior the comparable direction, none on the comparable velocity however. i do no longer think of that any moons flow in distinctive instructions around the comparable planet. i do no longer think of that planetary physics helps it.

Answer 9

yes..same direction..but diffent speeds

Answer 10

yes