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The Moon rotates on its axis in the same time that it takes to orbit the Earth. So, one side always faces the Earth, and the other side faces away from Earth. The Moon revolves around the Earth once (and rotates once) in 27.3 days.

Earth rotates in about 24 hours. Earth revolves around the Sun in about 365

and a quarter days.

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