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that this would require the Moon-Earth barycentre to be outside of Earth.

Direction

When viewed from the north celestial pole (that is, from the approximate direction of the star Polaris) the Moon orbits Earth anticlockwise and Earth orbits the Sun anticlockwise, and the Moon and Earth rotate on their own axes anticlockwise.

The right-hand rule can be used to indicate

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