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The moon orbits the earth in a little under 28 earth days. It travels at almost 2,290 miles per hour. Coincidentally, the moon's rotation period is also a little under 28 days, meaning the same face points toward the earth during its entire orbit.
the moon orbits earth in the prograde direction and completes one revolution relative to the stars in approximately 27 322 days a sidereal month earth and the moon orbit about their barycentre common center of mass which lies about 7006460000000000000 4600 km from earth s center about 34 of the radius of earth