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Calling Astro...Please come in and explain how this works???..It's freaking me out.....
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The Moon passes the sun at a speed of 1+ km/s ~ 2300 mph. The Earth rotates at 1000 mph at the surface, the moon orbits the same direction as Earth spins, so the effective shadow speed across the surface is less and varies with each eclipse, but always more than 1000 mph.
Note the Moon orbiting the same direction as Earth spins, meaning the shadow will move from west to east.
So. That's my high school dropout explanation, anyways
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80045380 The angular speed of the rotation of the Earth is much greater than the angular speed of the moon rotating around the Earth. So in fact, the shadow will go from East to West if the ball model is reality.
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