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The Moon takes one circle around the Earth in a little less than 27 days and 8 hours. But since the Moon is circling the Earth while the Earth is circling the Sun, the time it takes the Moon to go from full moon to the next full moon (a lunar month, so to speak) is about 29 1/2 days (29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes). An interesting note: The ancient Mayan's were keen observers of the night sky. At the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque, archeologists discovered that over 1200 years ago the Mayan astronomers had calculated the length of a lunar month to an accuracy of within 25 seconds of its actual value!

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