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

Question: how long dose it take for the moon to orbit the earth ?
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Asked by nancyxx to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 18 Mar 2013.
- Claudia Krehl answered on 18 Mar 2013:
  
  It takes approximately 28 days. This also corresponds to to the amount of time the moon takes between a moon phase, so from a full moon to a new moon to being a full moon again. Every full moon you see, the moon has orbited around the Earth once.

Question: how long dose it take for the moon to orbit the earth ?