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Each day the moon rises later by approximately one hour because the:
A)Earth revolves round the Sun in 365 days.
B)Earth rotates 360 degrees on its axis in twenty-four hours.
Moon rotates 360 degrees on its own axis in twenty seven days
D)Moon's position shifts everyday due to its revolution around the Earth.


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Answer:

D

Explanation:

The moon moves to the East each day (about 15⁰) in its orbit around the Earth, which takes a total of 27.3 days. The moons orbit around Earth is a complete circle, which is 360⁰. It takes approximately 1 hour each day for the Earth to catch up to the moon, delaying it's rising by 1 hour.