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it takes approximately 29 and one thirds days.
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The rotation period of the moon is 27.32 days.
27.3217 days. This is known as the moon's sidereal rotation period. The time between full moons is longer because the earth is going around the sun.
The moon spins once on its axis every month; one sidereal period around earth is equal to one complete rotation on its axis. If the moon did not rotate, all of its surface would be visible from earth over the course of a month.
Moon approximately take 27.3 days to complete one rotation around earth
it takes approximately 29 and one thirds days.
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27.32 days (rounded)
29 Earth days.
27.3 days.
About 27 1/2 days.
The rotation of the moon, or the time it takes to rotate on it's axis exactly once, is 27.322 days (rounded), and the moon's orbital period, or the time the moon takes to complete one full revolution around the Earth, is exactly the same. That's why the Moon appears to always show the same face. We see the same side of the moon and never get to view the far side from Earth.
It also keeps the moon moving around the earth. The moon take 271-3 days to make one complete revolution around the earth.
Mercury is 58.646 earth days.
27.32 days (rounded)
28 days