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The Moon's Orbit and Rotation. It takes the Moon 27.322 days to go around the Earth once. Because of this motion, the Moon appears to move about 13 against the stars each day, or about one-half degree per hour.
Time for One Rotation About its Axis Mercury rotates about its axis as it travels in its orbit about the Sun. The time for one complete rotation is about 59 Earth days â exactly 2/3 of the time it takes for Mercury to complete one orbit around the Sun.