Earth's Slow Rotation Days Longer, Moon Further Away #shorts #earthrotation #explained #moon #tides

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]As Earth rotates, the oceans move.

[00:00:02]Friction acts.

[00:00:04]Energy is slowly transferred, and the result is an incredibly slow process.

[00:00:10]Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down.

[00:00:13]The days are becoming longer.

[00:00:16]But in physics, that energy does not simply disappear.

[00:00:19]As Earth loses some of its rotational energy, the moon gains orbital energy.

[00:00:25]And because of that, the moon slowly moves farther away.

[00:00:29]So, if days were shorter in the past, Earth must have been spinning faster.

[00:00:34]And if Earth was spinning faster, the moon must have been closer.