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It is anticlockwise when viewed from the north. This applies to both its daily rotation and its revolution around the Sun.

The angular momentum vector in both cases points to the north.

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  • Rotation of the Earth, known as 'the Earths rotation' is the Earth spinning on its axis towards the east, or in other words the Earth is turning counter-clockwise.
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