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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.

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