JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="thing">
</div>

CSS

#thing {
    width: 200px; height: 200px;
    margin: 2em;
    background-color: rgba(50,150,170,0.8);
    /* transition: all 0.016s linear; */
}

JavaScript

var thing = {
    "rotation" : 0
    ,"position" : { "x" : 0, "y" : 0 }
    ,"$elt" : $('#thing')
};


function loop (loopIteration) {
    loopIteration++;
    if (loopIteration < 1000) {
        timeoutId = window.setTimeout(function(){ 
            loop(loopIteration); }, 16);
    }
    thing.rotation += 5;
    thing.position.x += 0.4;
    thing.position.y += 0.4;
    var transX = thing.position.x;
    var transY = thing.position.y;
    if (thing.rotation > 360) thing.rotation = 360 - thing.rotation;
    thing.$elt.css("-webkit-transform", "translate(" + transX + "px," + transY + "px) rotate(" + thing.rotation + "deg)");
    //thing.$elt.css("-webkit-transform", "rotate(" + thing.rotation + "deg) translate(" + transX + "px," + transY + "px)")
}
window.loopTimeoutId = window.setTimeout(function(){ loop(1); }, 16);