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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.
Rotation of the Moon According to my science text book, the Moon rotates on its axis in 29 1/2 days. The Moon also revolves around the Earth in 29 1/2 days. Yet in one of the questions, the book said that the Moon spins on its axis in 27 1/3 days and the time from one full moon to the next was 29 1/2 days.