Yes, but that's only to the nearest whole number of days.
A more precise answer is: about 365.25 days.
The moon's orbit around the Earth lasts 27.32 days. That's around 4 weeks. Its orbit around the Earth is elliptic.
You can put it in any orbit you like, as long as the orbit follows a few simple rules: -- It must be elliptical. (A circle is an ellipse too.) -- One focus of the ellipse, or the center of a circular orbit, must be the center of the earth. -- No part of the orbit can dip into the atmosphere; if it does, then your artificial satellite and its orbit won't last long.
Darkness varies depending on region (location on Earth) and Earth's position in orbit, when days grow longer when it's closer to the Sun as in the Summer.
Hayley's Comet does not orbit the Earth. It has a long elliptical orbit around the Sun, and gets as far out as the orbits of Neptune and Pluto (35.1 AU) , only to return to the inner solar system every 75-76 years. (Its orbit is perturbed by some planets.) It last reached perihelion (closest to the Sun) in 1986, and it will not return until 2061.
There are still people orbiting earth
because the moon is in an eliptical orbit and the distance from earth changes as it moves through its orbit. Right now it is as close to the earth as it has been in the last 18 years. The day before yesterday was when it's orbit started to move away from earth again.
Comet Hale-Bopp has a highly elliptical orbit of about 4,200 years so it does not come close to Earth frequently. Its last close approach to Earth was in 1997 when it was visible in the sky for an extended period. It is not expected to come close to Earth again for several millennia.
The moon spends approximately 7 days in each of its primary phases: new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter. The exact duration can vary slightly because of the moon's elliptical orbit around Earth.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is inclined at an angle to the equator and in some circumstances the turning of the globe and the orbit of the moon are apparently moving in the same direction. This means that a country in the path of totality that is turning with the Moon will experience a longer eclipse than at other times and places.
The Sun does not orbit the Earth. These are two of the Earth's movements: In 24 hours it rotates on its axis, making it appear that the Sun orbits the Earth. In 365.25 days it revolves around (orbits) the sun.
Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The approximate length of the elliptical orbit is about 584 million miles. (about 583,955,000 miles) This is about 939.8 million kilometers. There are two ways to calculate the approximate value. 1) The approximate speed of the Earth in its orbit is about 66,600 mph. This is about 1,598,400 miles per days, for 365.25 days would be 583, 815, 600 miles. 2) The approximate radius of the Earth's orbit is 93 million miles. If the orbit were circular, the circumference would be (93 x 2 x pi) million miles, or about 584,335,740 miles.