The direction of motion of the Moon in the sky,viewed from Earth against the background of stars (see Figure 1-22,Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.) ,is:
A) always eastward.
B) mostly eastward, but occasionally (at full Moon) westward.
C) always westward, in concert with the stars.
D) sometimes eastward but mostly westward.
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