How does the moon work?

Question

I understand the moon phases, so I don’t need information on that. I can’t wrap my head around the way the earth rotates and the moon orbits at the same time. I have read anton of articles, but just get more and more confused. Do they go in the same direction? How does this work??

Also, i am aphantastic, so please dont try to explain this by telling me to picture something spinning in my head. That just gives me a headache.

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Answer 1

The Moon orbits Earth in the same direction that Earth rotates, but because Earth rotates slightly faster the Moon appears to move backwards in its orbit to observers on Earth.