The Moon rises later each day because each day it has moved farther along its orbit around Earth (except for observers at polar latitudes, for whom the Moon can remain above or below the horizon for 24 hours each day). On average, how much later does it rise each day (you might attempt to verify this by observation)? (Hint: What fraction of a month does a day take up?)
A)4 minutes
B)20 minutes
C)2 hours
D)1 hour

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The Moon takes about 29.5 days to orbit the Earth, which is roughly one month. Since a day is about 1/29.5 of a month, the Moon rises approximately 1/29.5 of a full circle later each day, which translates to about 50 minutes to 1 hour later each day.

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