Why does the moon rise and set 50 minutes later each night.

The Moon rises and sets every day, like the Sun. ... But the Moon is orbiting around the Earth; every day, it moves eastwards (further left from the Sun) by about 12 degrees. This means that it increasingly lags behind the Sun, by about 50 minutes a day. i hope this helps

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if you add everything up correctly you should get 69 i got this because 50 plus 19 is it