Earth Is Spinning Weirdly Faster, Making Tuesday One of the Shortest Days Ever

The rotation of the earth accelerates chance, and no one knows why. These acceleration, which have occurred several times in recent years, have had no effect on daily life, but they have not gone unnoticed either by science. Tuesday, August 5 is the next date when the rotation of the earth should accelerate, shortening the day between 1.25 and 1.51 milliseconds.

Depending on the time and date, the current prediction is fixed by the International Service of Rotation of the Earth and Reference and the American Naval Observatory. The original prediction was 1.51 millisecond, but it has since been updated at 1.25 millisecond. It is also the third time that the rotation of the earth has accelerated for a day this summer. The other two cases took place on July 10 and 22.

If the first prediction is correct, on August 5, 2025, will be the third shortest day as on June 30, 2022, when the earth turned 1.59 millisecond faster and on July 5, 2024, when it finished its rotation 1.66 milliseconde faster. If the prediction is deactivated, it can succeed these two as the shortest day that the earth saw it in the recorded history.

For reference, the earth generally takes around 86,400 seconds to make a complete rotation. A millisecond is 0.001 second. So this will not be perceptible to humans and will not affect anything.

What makes the earth runs faster?

There are many reasons why the earth could turn faster. The dominant opinion is that it is due to the current position of the Moon on Earth. When the moon is further north or south than the equator of the earth, it can have an impact on the speed at which the planet turns.

On August 5, 2025, the moon will be a little further south than the equator, which probably causes the rotation slightly faster. This should have a short -term impact on terrestrial orbit.

Science cannot explain it

Scientists are perplexed on the reasons why the land accelerates. About 245 million years ago, the dinosaurs wandered and the days were shorter hour and a half than they are today. The rotation of the earth has since slowed down, mainly due to the impact of the moon on the oceans of the earth. Science has measured the rotation of the rotation of the earth subtly since the start of official recordings in 1973.

However, a recent trend shows that the rotation of the earth accelerates, and as these faster days are mainly explained by the orbit of the Moon, science has not yet explained why. A research document published in nature in 2023 suggests that the heart of the earth may have started to slow down as recently as 2010, which would explain the faster rotation of the earth. However, confirmation does not yet exist.