The earth rotates from West to East or if you want another way of saying it, counter-clockwise. It rotates from West to the East because the earth's Western Hemisphere (West) rotates to the Eastern Hemisphere, (East).
Earth rotation is the movement of the Earth round it's axis. The Earth rotate from West to east in a propagade motion, Because the Earth's from it Western hemisphere to it's Eastern hemisphere. It rotate because of the way it was formed. The Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago when gases and dust collapsed under gravity. It spin as the gases and dust collapsed. The Earth rotates Eastward that is the major reason the sun, moon,planets and star rise from the East and move westward.
