Keep box-shadow direction consistent while rotating

Question

When giving e.g. a

a box-shadow as well as rotating it will cause a rotation of the box-shadow direction - which is problematic when the box-shadow

Answer 1

You could as well integrate box-shadow direction inside animation frames:

div {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 1em ;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  box-shadow: 15px 15px 15px 5px gray;
  animation: rte 5s infinite linear;
}

.red {
  background: red
}

.green {
  background: green;
  animation-delay:2s;
}

.blue {
  background: blue;
  animation-delay:4s;
}

.bob {
  background: #b0b;
  animation-delay:6s;
}

.cyan {
  background: cyan;
  animation-delay:8s;
}

@keyframes rte {
  25% {
    box-shadow:  15px -15px 15px 5px gray;
  }
  50% {
      box-shadow:  -15px -15px 15px 5px gray;
  }
  75% {
    box-shadow:  -15px 15px 15px 5px gray;
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}