1.Duringasolareclipse,thesequenceinwhichdifferentlocationsexperiencethetotaleclipseisindeedfromeasttowest.2.ThisisbecauseastheMoonorbitstheEarth,theshadowitcastsontheEarth'ssurfacemovesinthisdirection.3.Atthebeginningoftheeclipse,theMoonispositionedbetweentheSunandtheEarth,withitsshadowfallingfirstonthewesternregionsoftheplanet.4.Intheseareas,theSunandtheMoonappeartobeinastraightline,markingthestartofthetotaleclipseforthoseobservers.5.Astimepasses,theMoonmoveseastward,andtheSunfollows,causingtheshadowtoshiftinthesamedirection.6.Initially,theshadowmovesrelativelyquicklyduetotheobliqueangleatwhichtheMoon'sshadowstrikestheEarth.7.AstherelativepositionsoftheMoonandtheSunchange,theshadowbecomesmorevertical,slowingdownthepaceofitsmovement.8.Finally,astheshadowtiltsagain,thespeedpicksuponcemore.9.ThenotionthattheMoon'sshadowmovesfasterthantheEarth'srotationisacommonmisconception.Thecorrectexplanationshouldbebasedontheconceptoftheangularvelocity.10.ThespeedatwhichtheMoon'sshadowmovesacrosstheEarth'ssurfaceisdeterminedbythedifferencebetweentheMoon'sorbitalspeedaroundtheEarthandtheEarth'srotationalspeed,notasimplecomparisonofabsolutespeeds.