HELP ME ASAP!!!!! How long does it take.............?

Question

How long does it take for the moon to rotate on its axis?

I know the moon phases take 29.5 days to finish and i know it is less than that

Answer 1

The moon rotates one every 28 days, it's orbit is also 28 days and that keeps the same side of the moon facing the earth. The other side of the moon isn't the dark side of the moon, it's just the side facing away from us.

Funny thing is that if the moon's orbit and spin weren't the same we might have recognized it for what it really is long before the birth of science. The ancients would see the moon rotate and think that maybe we would be doing the same thing. Copernicus' and Galileo's ideas may have been main stream thought by the time they were born, instead of their ideas being religious heresy.

~D

Answer 2

28 days

Answer 3

It takes about 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes.
I think it can take up to 29 days also.

Answer 4

27 days

Answer 5

One moooonth. Since it always shows the same side to us, it must rotate at that speed.

Answer 6

the moon rotates on its axis about every 28days :)

Answer 7

Same length as its revolution about the earth. 27.32 sidereal days or 29.52 synodic days.

Answer 8

it takes the moon 27.3 days

Answer 9

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Answer 10

one moon yr hahahaha