how long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?

Answer 1

29 1/2 days.

Answer 2

a lunar month.

In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive similar syzygies (new moons or full moons). There are many variations. In Middle-Eastern and European traditions, the month starts when the young crescent moon becomes first visible at evening after conjunction with the Sun 1 or 2 days before that evening (e.g. in the Islamic calendar). In ancient Egypt the lunar month began on the day when the moon could no longer be seen just before sunrise. Others use a reckoned moon (e.g. the Hebrew calendar), or use a tabular scheme (Ecclesiastical lunar calendar). Yet others run from full moon to full moon. Calendars count integer days, so months may be 29 or 30 days in length, in some regular or irregular sequence. But all lunar months approximate the mean length of the synodic month of approximately 29.53059 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds).

Answer 3

In relation to stars (the true orbital period)
27.321662 Earth days (almost 655.72 hours)

In relation to the Sun (Full Moon to Full Moon)
29.530589 days (almost 708.74 hours).

Both are averages, as the exact time changes from orbit to orbit.

Answer 4

about 28 days

Answer 5

28 days

Answer 6

Close to 28 days.

Answer 7

One month. That is where the word month comes from. A month is a Moon-th. Many moons means many months.

Answer 8

Approximately 11.5 hours

Answer 9

One month, give or take a day.

Answer 10

A month. From moonth.