In which direction does the moon move?

Answer 1

Well, if we look at the Earth sideways from a distance, then Earth is rotating from West to East,. The Moon revolves around Earth in the same direction, only much slower. Earth rotates in a day wheras the Moon takes a month to complete a revolution around Earth.

So to an observer who is stationary on Earth's surface, it moves from East to West in the sky, rising in the East and setting in the West each day. However its true movement against the starry background is definintely West to East.

I think the best way to describe the Moon's movement would be from a vantage point a million km or so above the Earth's South Pole. We would see a tiny Earth rotating clockwise, and the Moon, would be closely tracing a 375,000 km wide circle around Earth in that same clockwise direction.

Answer 2

East. Shortly after the new Moon, a thin crescent Moon becomes visible in the early evening and it sets shortly after the Sun. The Moon sets later and later each night, until 2 weeks later it has moved 180 degrees east to rise at sunset.

Answer 3

Counter clockwise or widdershins to the pagans.