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Illustration 1
  • It takes the moon 29.5 days to orbit the Earth.
  • It takes the Earth 365.256 days to orbit the Sun.
  • From Earth, you can never see the far side of the moon; in other words, the "man on the moon" always faces the Earth, no matter if the moon is full, quarter, or new.