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Why do solar eclipses move from west to east?

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The eclipse usually moves from west to east as the moon rotates the Earth from west to east and the Earth rotates towards the east as well.

This means that the shadow of the moon is also moving towards the east. That's why the eclipse moves towards the east (it follows the lunar shadow).
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