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For one lunar day, it takes 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes, this is also the time taken for the moon to go through all phases and back to the same one again. Its slightly longer than the 27 days 7 hours and 43 minutes that the moon takes to orbit the Earth, as the moon has to travel a little further to get back to the same phase, since the Earth has progressed around the sun a little in that time (changing the angles).

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