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The Moon is orbiting the Earth approximately once in 27 days, what is the angle transversed by the Moon per day?

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$360 °$ is covered in 27 days,[Assuming moon's orbit to be circular]
Angle traversed in one day is $= \frac{360 °}{27} = 13 ° .33$

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